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.

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @bTls int
    SELECT @bTls = 1
    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'example.com', 443, @bTls, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      END

    --  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.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'

    DECLARE @jsonBody nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @jsonBody = '{ "name": "example", "active": true }'
    DECLARE @responseText nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestString', @responseText OUT, 'POST', '/api/items', @jsonBody
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT @responseText

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest


END
GO