Get a REST Response Header by Name

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Demonstrates Rest.ResponseHdrByName, which returns the value of a response header field by name. Header field names are case-insensitive.

require 'chilkat'

success = false

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()
bTls = true
bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

success = rest.SendReqNoBody("GET","/api/items/123")
if (success == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

statusCode = rest.ReadResponseHeader()
if (statusCode < 0)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Return the value of a response header field by name.  Header field names are case-insensitive.
contentType = rest.responseHdrByName("Content-Type")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Content-Type: " + contentType + "\n";