Add a Path Substitution Parameter to a REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.AddPathParam, which adds or replaces a path-substitution parameter. Before a request is sent, each occurrence of the name in the URI path is replaced with its value.

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

//  Connect to the REST server.  The 3rd argument enables TLS (use 1 for HTTPS on port 443),
//  and the 4th enables automatic reconnection if the connection is dropped between requests.
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Add path-substitution parameters.  Before a request is sent, each occurrence of the name in the
//  URI path is replaced with the value.  This keeps the path template readable.
success = rest.AddPathParam("{userId}","12345")
success = rest.AddPathParam("{orderId}","98765")

//  The placeholders in the path are replaced before the request is sent.
Dim responseText As String
responseText = rest.FullRequestNoBody("GET","/users/{userId}/orders/{orderId}")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog(responseText)