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(VB.NET) URL Encoding Charset in POST Query ParamsDemonstrates how to control the URL encoding charset in POST query params. Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.
Dim success As Boolean = False ' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. ' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. ' We have the string "MÆRSK". Dim nameWin1252Encoded As String = "M%E6RSK" Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder success = sb.DecodeAndAppend(nameWin1252Encoded,"url","windows-1252") Dim http As New Chilkat.Http ' We're setting the session log filename so we can see the exact request sent. http.SessionLogFilename = "qa_output/sessionLog.txt" ' First demonstrate a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest ' Set the Charset = "utf-8" to cause URL encoding to use utf-8. req.Charset = "utf-8" req.AddParam("name",sb.GetAsString()) req.HttpVerb = "POST" req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse success = http.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",req,resp) If (success = False) Then Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText) Exit Sub End If ' This is the request that is sent: ' Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6) ' POST /something HTTP/1.1 ' Host: www.chilkatsoft.com ' Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded ' Content-Length: 15 ' ' name=M%C3%A6RSK ' --------------------------------------------------------------- ' Switch to windows-1252 req.Charset = "windows-1252" req.HttpVerb = "POST" req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" success = http.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",req,resp) If (success = False) Then Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText) Exit Sub End If ' This is the request that is sent: ' Notice that windows-1252 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %E6) ' POST /something HTTP/1.1 ' Host: www.chilkatsoft.com ' Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded ' Content-Length: 12 ' ' name=M%E6RSK ' --------------------------------------------------------------- ' Let's do the same with HttpSReq, switching back to utf-8 req.Path = "/something" req.HttpVerb = "POST" req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" req.Charset = "utf-8" success = http.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,True,req,resp) If (success = False) Then Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText) Exit Sub End If ' This is the request that is sent: ' Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6) ' POST /something HTTP/1.1 ' Host: www.chilkatsoft.com ' Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded ' Content-Length: 15 ' ' name=M%C3%A6RSK ' --------------------------------------------------------------- ' Let's do a POST with XML body where the query params are in the HTTP request start line, ' and the Content-Type is text/xml where the body of the request is XML. req.Path = "/something" req.HttpVerb = "POST" req.ContentType = "text/xml" success = req.LoadBodyFromString("<test>123</test>","utf-8") req.Charset = "utf-8" ' Remember... our request object still contains the query param added in the above call to AddParam. success = http.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,True,req,resp) If (success = False) Then Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText) Exit Sub End If ' This is the request that is sent: ' Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6) ' POST /something?name=M%C3%A6RSK HTTP/1.1 ' Host: www.chilkatsoft.com ' Content-Type: text/xml ' Content-Length: 16 ' ' <test>123</test> |
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