Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

HTTP GET with Non-USASCII Query Params

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This example illustrates how query parameters in a URL are typically encoded and transmitted. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSbCompanyName
LOCAL oSbUrl
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oSbResponse

nSuccess := 0

//  This example assumes the Chilkat HTTP API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  First, let's load the string "Grünhöfer GmbH" from a file.  (This is a fictitious company name.)
//  The file uses the utf-8 charset encoding.
oSbCompanyName := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
nSuccess := oSbCompanyName:LoadFile("qa_data/txt/companyName.txt", "utf-8")
//  Assuming success for this example...

//  We'll send an HTTP GET request to https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name={company name}

//  When sending an HTTP GET request with query parameters that contain accented characters 
//  (e.g., umlauts: ä, ö, ü), they must be percent-encoded (URL encoded) to ensure proper transmission and 
//  interpretation by the server.  This is based on their UTF-8 byte values.
oSbUrl := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbUrl:Append("https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name=")
oSbUrl:Append(oSbCompanyName:GetEncoded("url", "utf-8"))

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

//  Send the following HTTP GET request:

//  GET /example?company_name=Gr%C3%BCnh%C3%B6fer%20GmbH HTTP/1.1
//  Host: chilkatsoft.com
//  Accept: */*
//  Accept-Encoding: gzip

oSbResponse := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
nSuccess := oHttp:QuickGetSb(oSbUrl:GetAsString(), oSbResponse)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oSbCompanyName:destroy()
    oSbUrl:destroy()
    oHttp:destroy()
    oSbResponse:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "response status code: " + Str(oHttp:LastStatus)
? oSbResponse:GetAsString()

oSbCompanyName:destroy()
oSbUrl:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()
oSbResponse:destroy()