(VBScript) Example: Http.HttpSReq method

Demonstrates how to call the HttpSReq method.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
set req = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
set resp = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

' Specify the details of the HTTP request.
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.ContentType = "application/json"
req.Path = "/echo_request_body.asp"

requestBody = "{""greeting"":""Hello World""}"
success = req.LoadBodyFromString(requestBody,"utf-8")

' Send a POST to https://chilkatsoft.com/echo_request_body.asp with a JSON request body.
success = http.HttpSReq("chilkatsoft.com",443,1,req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode)

' Examine the request we sent.
' The LastHeader property stores the HTTP request header of the most recent request sent,
' and in this instance, the response body mirrors the request body.
outFile.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
outFile.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

' Output:

' POST /echo_request_body.asp HTTP/1.1
' Host: chilkatsoft.com
' Content-Type: application/json
' Content-Length: 26
' 
' {"greeting":"Hello World"}

outFile.Close