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HTTP Methods - GET and DELETE

Demonstrate a method for sending HTTP requests that don't have a request body, such as for GET or DELETE requests. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Specifiy a session log file so we can see the exact request/response
$http.SessionLogFilename = "c:/aaworkarea/sessionLog.txt"

# Perhaps add a custom header or two..
$http.SetRequestHeader("x-exz-date","20201012T235046Z")
$http.SetRequestHeader("x-exz-id","1234")

# Send a GET request to https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc
$url = "https://www.example.com/someting?param1=123&param2=abc"
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpNoBody("GET",$url,$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# The GET request that is sent looks like this.
# The Accept and Accept-Encoding headers are automatically added by default.

# 	GET /someting?param1=123&param2=abc HTTP/1.1
# 	Host: www.example.com
# 	Accept: */*
# 	Accept-Encoding: gzip
# 	x-exz-date: 20201012T235046Z
# 	x-exz-id: 1234

# Get the response status
$statusCode = $resp.StatusCode
$("Response status: " + $statusCode)

# Get the response body
$($resp.BodyStr)

# -------------------------------------------------------------
# Let's say we want to send a DELETE request, and we only want to accept an application/json response,
# and we don't want gzipped responses...

# First remove the previously specified custom headers.
$http.ClearHeaders()

# Indicate we only accept application/json non-gzipped responses.
$http.Accept = "application/json"
$http.AllowGzip = $false

# Send a DELETE request to https://www.example.com/deleteSomething
$url = "https://www.example.com/deleteSomething"
$success = $http.HttpNoBody("DELETE",$url,$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# The DELETE request that is sent looks like this.
# The empty Accept-Encoding header value means we only want non-compressed responses.

# 	DELETE /deleteSomething HTTP/1.1
# 	Host: www.example.com
# 	Accept: application/json
# 	Accept-Encoding: 

# Get the response status
$statusCode = $resp.StatusCode
$("Response status: " + $statusCode)

# Get the response body
$($resp.BodyStr)