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Send a Staged Form-URL-Encoded REST Request

Demonstrates Rest.SendReqFormUrlEncoded, which sends an application/x-www-form-urlencoded request whose body is built from the query parameters added to the object.

Background. The staged request model separates sending from reading: a SendReq method transmits the request, ReadResponseHeader reads the status line and headers, and a ReadResp method reads the body. This gives fine control over large or streamed messages compared with the single-call full-request methods.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  The form body is built from the query parameters added to the object.
rest.AddQueryParam("username","alice")
rest.AddQueryParam("action","login")

'  Send the application/x-www-form-urlencoded request.
success = rest.SendReqFormUrlEncoded("POST","/api/login")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  After sending, read the response status line and header fields.  The return value is the HTTP
'  status code, or -1 if no response was received.
Dim statusCode As Integer = rest.ReadResponseHeader()
If (statusCode < 0) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine("Response status code: " & statusCode)

'  Read the response body as text.
Dim responseBody As String = rest.ReadRespBodyString()
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine(responseBody)