VBScript

Send a REST Request with a Text Body

Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestString, a convenience method that sends a complete request whose text body (such as JSON, XML, or plain text) is supplied directly, then reads and returns the response body as text.

Background. The full-request convenience methods perform the entire request/response exchange in a single call. FullRequestString is well suited to typical JSON or XML API calls where the body fits comfortably in a string.

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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 rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")
bTls = 1
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Send a complete request whose text body is supplied directly, such as JSON.  The response body is
'  read as text and returned.  The 1st argument is the HTTP verb, the 2nd is the URI path, and the
'  3rd is the request body.
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

jsonBody = "{ ""name"": ""example"", ""active"": true }"
responseText = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/api/items",jsonBody)
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(responseText)

outFile.Close