Ruby Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Example: Http.HttpReq method

Demonstrates how to call the HttpReq method. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()
success = false

#  This example will send an HTTP POST with the body of the HTTP request containing JSON.

#  Create the following JSON: { "name": "Harry", "state": "FL" }

json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("name","Harry")
json.UpdateString("state","FL")

#  Specify the details of the request
req = Chilkat::CkHttpRequest.new()

req.put_HttpVerb("POST")
req.put_ContentType("application/json")
req.LoadBodyFromString(json.emit(),"utf-8")

#  Send the charset attribute in the HTTP request header.
req.put_SendCharset(true)
req.put_Charset("utf-8")

#  Send the POST
#  You can send the POST to the URL below.  
#  The response will contain the raw body of the request that was sent.
#  (i.e. everything except the HTTP request header).

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echo_request_body.asp",req,resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Examine the HTTP request header we sent:
print http.lastHeader() + "\n";

#  The response body contains the raw content of the HTTP request body we sent.
print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";

#  Sample output:

#  POST /echo_request_body.asp HTTP/1.1
#  Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
#  Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
#  Content-Length: 29
#  
#  
#  {"name":"Harry","state":"FL"}