Rust

Connect to a REST Server

Demonstrates Rest.Connect, which establishes the initial TCP (and optionally TLS) connection to a REST server. The example connects over HTTPS and then reuses the connection for a request.

Background. A single connection can serve many requests to the same host. The TLS argument should be _TRUE_ for HTTPS (typically port 443), and automatic reconnection lets Chilkat transparently re-establish a dropped keep-alive connection.

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let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use true for HTTPS on port 443),
// and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
let b_tls = true;
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
if rest.connect("example.com", 443, b_tls, b_auto_reconnect).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// The connection is now established and ready for requests.  A single connection can be reused for
// many requests to the same server.
let Ok(response_text) = rest.full_request_no_body("GET", "/api/status") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

println!("{}", response_text);