(VBScript) Example: Http.SetUrlVar method

Demonstrates the HTTP SetUrlVar method.

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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")

url = "https://finnhub.io/api/v1/quote?symbol={$symbol}&token={$api_key}"

' When the request is sent, the {$symbol} is replaced with "MSFT"
' and the {$api_key} is replaced with "1234567890ABCDEF"
success = http.SetUrlVar("symbol","MSFT")
success = http.SetUrlVar("api_key","1234567890ABCDEF")

set sbJson = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb(url,sbJson)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

statusCode = http.LastStatus
If (statusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Status code: " & statusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Error Message:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString())
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("JSON Stock Quote:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString())
End If

' Output:

' JSON Stock Quote:
' {"c":522.98,"d":0.5,"dp":0.0957,"h":524.51,"l":520.86,"o":524.28,"pc":522.48,"t":1755271948}

outFile.Close