(VB.NET) 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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Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

Dim jsonStr As String = "{ some json ... }"

Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
' This query parameter just happens to be named "json" and contains JSON text.
req.AddParam("json",jsonStr)

' We can optionally add more query parameters. 
req.AddParam("abc","123")
req.AddParam("xml","<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.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpReq("http://example.com/xyz/connect/report",req,resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


If (resp.StatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Hey, I didn't receive the expected response status code!")
    Debug.WriteLine("status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
End If


' Could be error text if the status code wasn't what we expected, or could be the response
' body you're seeking..
Dim responseBody As String = resp.BodyStr
Debug.WriteLine(responseBody)

Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess
Dim filepath As String = "some file path"
success = fac.WriteEntireTextFile(filepath,responseBody,"utf-8",False)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(fac.LastErrorText)
End If