(Unicode C++) HTTP POST x-www-form-urlencoded

Demonstrates how to send a simple x-www-form-urlencoded POST.

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

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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkHttpRequestW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>
#include <CkFileAccessW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkHttpW http;

    const wchar_t *jsonStr = L"{ some json ... }";

    CkHttpRequestW req;
    // This query parameter just happens to be named "json" and contains JSON text.
    req.AddParam(L"json",jsonStr);

    // We can optionally add more query parameters. 
    req.AddParam(L"abc",L"123");
    req.AddParam(L"xml",L"<abc>123</abc>");

    // Note: Just because we passed a query param named "json" or "xml" means nothing special.  It's still just
    // a name=value query parameter..

    req.put_HttpVerb(L"POST");
    req.put_ContentType(L"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpReq(L"http://example.com/xyz/connect/report",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 200) {
        wprintf(L"Hey, I didn't receive the expected response status code!\n");
        wprintf(L"status code = %d\n",resp.get_StatusCode());
    }

    // Could be error text if the status code wasn't what we expected, or could be the response
    // body you're seeking..
    const wchar_t *responseBody = resp.bodyStr();
    wprintf(L"%s\n",responseBody);

    CkFileAccessW fac;
    const wchar_t *filepath = L"some file path";
    success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile(filepath,responseBody,L"utf-8",false);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",fac.lastErrorText());
    }
    }