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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 success As Boolean
success = False

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
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

//  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")

Dim jsonBody As String
jsonBody = "{ ""name"": ""example"", ""active"": true }"
Dim responseText As String
responseText = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/api/items",jsonBody)
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog(responseText)