Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.5.0+

curl POST with JSON Input and JSON Output

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Demonstrates running a simple curl command with JSON input and JSON output. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSbTargetCurl
LOCAL oHttpCurl
LOCAL oResponseJson
LOCAL nStatusCode
LOCAL cTargetCurl

nSuccess := 0

//  Run the following curl command

//   curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post \
//        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//        -d '{
//              "title": "foo",
//              "body": "bar",
//              "userId": 1
//            }'

//  The backslashes at the end of lines are not required.  Chilkat ignores them if present.
oSbTargetCurl := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbTargetCurl:AppendLn(" curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post \")
oSbTargetCurl:AppendLn('      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \')
oSbTargetCurl:AppendLn("      -d '{")
oSbTargetCurl:AppendLn('            "title": "foo",')
oSbTargetCurl:AppendLn('            "body": "bar",')
oSbTargetCurl:AppendLn('            "userId": 1')
oSbTargetCurl:AppendLn("          }'")

oHttpCurl := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpCurl")

//  Run the curl command.
nSuccess := oHttpCurl:DoYourThing(oSbTargetCurl:GetAsString())
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttpCurl:LastErrorText
    oSbTargetCurl:destroy()
    oHttpCurl:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oResponseJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oResponseJson:EmitCompact := 0

oHttpCurl:GetResponseJson(oResponseJson)

nStatusCode := oHttpCurl:StatusCode
? "response status code: " + Str(nStatusCode)

? oResponseJson:Emit()

//  Output:

//  response status code: 200
//  {
//    "args": {},
//    "data": "{\r\n            \"title\": \"foo\",\r\n            \"body\": \"bar\",\r\n            \"userId\": 1\r\n          }",
//    "files": {},
//    "form": {},
//    "headers": {
//      "Content-Length": "96",
//      "Content-Type": "application/json",
//      "Host": "httpbin.org",
//      "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-69e8db8b-459b3bdf7b7a3bc749184968"
//    },
//    "json": {
//      "body": "bar",
//      "title": "foo",
//      "userId": 1
//    },
//    "origin": "123.222.222.222",
//    "url": "https://httpbin.org/post"
//  }

//  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Another example:

//  curl -X POST https://postman-echo.com/post \
//       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//       -d '{"foo":"bar"}'

cTargetCurl := 'curl -X POST https://postman-echo.com/post -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"foo":"bar"}''

//  Run the curl command.
nSuccess := oHttpCurl:DoYourThing(cTargetCurl)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttpCurl:LastErrorText
    oSbTargetCurl:destroy()
    oHttpCurl:destroy()
    oResponseJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oHttpCurl:GetResponseJson(oResponseJson)

nStatusCode := oHttpCurl:StatusCode
? "response status code: " + Str(nStatusCode)

? oResponseJson:Emit()

//  Output:

//  response status code: 200
//  {
//    "args": {},
//    "data": {
//      "foo": "bar"
//    },
//    "files": {},
//    "form": {},
//    "headers": {
//      "host": "postman-echo.com",
//      "content-length": "13",
//      "content-type": "application/json",
//      "x-forwarded-proto": "https",
//      "accept-encoding": "gzip, br"
//    },
//    "json": {
//      "foo": "bar"
//    },
//    "url": "https://postman-echo.com/post"
//  }

oSbTargetCurl:destroy()
oHttpCurl:destroy()
oResponseJson:destroy()