(Visual Basic 6.0) curl with Path Variables and Query Param Variables

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.5.0 or greater.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

' Variables can occur in the path and query params.  
' Variable names are enclosed between {{ and }}

'  curl -X GET https://httpbin.org/{{verb}}?id={id_value}}
Dim targetCurl As String
targetCurl = "curl -X GET https://httpbin.org/{{verb}}?id={{id_value}}"

Dim httpCurl As New ChilkatHttpCurl

' Provide values for variables.
' In this example, "verb" is a path variable, and "id_value" is a query param variable.
httpCurl.SetVar "verb","get"
httpCurl.SetVar "id_value","123"

' Run the curl command.
success = httpCurl.DoYourThing(targetCurl)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print httpCurl.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim responseJson As New ChilkatJsonObject
responseJson.EmitCompact = 0

Dim statusCode As Long
statusCode = httpCurl.StatusCode
Debug.Print "response status code: " & statusCode

success = httpCurl.GetResponseJson(responseJson)
Debug.Print responseJson.Emit()

' Output:

' response status code: 200
' {
'   "args": {
'     "id": "123"
'   },
'   "headers": {
'     "Host": "httpbin.org",
'     "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-69e92914-5d4136d240f2f7fe1056f126"
'   },
'   "origin": "222.222.222.222",
'   "url": "https://httpbin.org/get?id=123"
' }