Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Example: Http.HttpParams method

Demonstrates the HttpParams method. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

'  Demonstrate sending a GET request with query parameters.
Dim queryParams As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = queryParams.UpdateInt("limit",100)
success = queryParams.UpdateString("email","joe@example.com")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("token","VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuLi4=")

'  Set a session log filename so we can examine the exact request that is sent.
Dim sessionLogPath As String
sessionLogPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/sessionLog.txt"
http.SessionLogFilename = sessionLogPath

'  Send the GET request to an endpoint.  We don't care about the response. The purpose of this example
'  is to see the exact HTTP request that is sent..
Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpParams("GET","https://chilkatsoft.com/echo_request_body.asp",queryParams,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim fac As New CkFileAccess
Dim sessionLog As String
sessionLog = fac.ReadEntireTextFile(sessionLogPath,"utf-8")
Debug.Print sessionLog
success = fac.FileDelete(sessionLogPath)

'  This is the exact GET request that was sent.
'  Notice how each query parameter is URL encoded and added to the HTTP start line of the request.

'  GET /echo_request_body.asp?limit=100&email=joe%40example.com&token=VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuLi4%3D HTTP/1.1
'  Host: chilkatsoft.com
'  Accept: */*
'  Accept-Encoding: gzip