Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- The XML sent in the body of the request is application
-- specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
-- application is expecting..
local xmlStr = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>"

local urlEndpoint = "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp"
local xmlCharset = "utf-8"

local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_str("POST", urlEndpoint, xmlStr, xmlCharset, "application/xml", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:

-- POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
-- Content-Type: text/xml
-- Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
-- Accept: */*
-- Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
-- Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
-- Accept-Encoding: gzip
-- Content-Length: 81
--
-- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>

-- Examine the Body of the HTTP response
-- This would be the XML response sent by the server.
print(resp.body_str)