Send a REST Request with a Text Body

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestString, a convenience method that sends a complete request whose text body (such as JSON, XML, or plain text) is supplied directly, then reads and returns the response body as text.

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_BTls
integer li_BAutoReconnect
string ls_JsonBody
string ls_ResponseText

li_Success = 0

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Rest")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Rest
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_BTls = 1
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("example.com",443,li_BTls,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

//  Send a complete request whose text body is supplied directly, such as JSON.  The response body is
//  read as text and returned.  The 1st argument is the HTTP verb, the 2nd is the URI path, and the
//  3rd is the request body.
loo_Rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

ls_JsonBody = "{ ~"name~": ~"example~", ~"active~": true }"
ls_ResponseText = loo_Rest.FullRequestString("POST","/api/items",ls_JsonBody)
if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

Write-Debug ls_ResponseText


destroy loo_Rest