(Tcl) Transition from Http.PTextSb to Http.HttpSb

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PTextSb method calls with HttpSb.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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load ./chilkat.dll

set http [new_CkHttp]

set verb "PUT"
set url "https://example.com/"
set sbRequestBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkStringBuilder_Append $sbRequestBody "This is the HTTP request body"
set charset "utf-8"
set contentType "text/plain"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The PTextSb method is deprecated:

# responseObj is a CkHttpResponse
set responseObj [CkHttp_PTextSb $http $verb $url $sbRequestBody $charset $contentType 0 0]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    exit
}

# ...
# ...

delete_CkHttpResponse $responseObj

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Do the equivalent using HttpSb.
# Your application creates a new, empty HttpResponse object which is passed 
# in the last argument and filled upon success.

set responseOut [new_CkHttpResponse]

set success [CkHttp_HttpSb $http $verb $url $sbRequestBody $charset $contentType $responseOut]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    delete_CkHttpResponse $responseOut
    exit
}


delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
delete_CkHttpResponse $responseOut