(MFC) Demonstrates the Http.QuickRequestParams Method

Demonstrates how to use the Http.QuickRequestParams method. This is where query params can be provided non-URL-encoded in JSON format.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkFileAccess.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkHttp http;
    bool success;

    // Demonstrate sending a GET request with query parameters.
    CkJsonObject queryParams;
    queryParams.UpdateInt("limit",100);
    queryParams.UpdateString("email","joe@example.com");
    queryParams.UpdateString("token","VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuLi4=");

    // Set a session log filename so we can examine the exact request that is sent.
    const char *sessionLogPath = "qa_output/sessionLog.txt";
    http.put_SessionLogFilename(sessionLogPath);

    // Send the GET request to an endpoint.  We don't care about the response. The purpose of this example
    // is to see the exact HTTP request that is sent..
    CkHttpResponse *resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPostBody.asp",queryParams);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    delete resp;

    CkFileAccess fac;
    const char *sessionLog = fac.readEntireTextFile(sessionLogPath,"utf-8");
    strOut.append(sessionLog);
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    success = fac.FileDelete(sessionLogPath);

    // This is the exact GET request that was sent.
    // Notice how each query parameter is URL encoded and added to the HTTP start line of the request.

    // GET /echoPostBody.asp?limit=100&email=joe%40example.com&token=VGhlIHF1aWNrIGJyb3duIGZveCBqdW1wZWQgb3ZlciB0aGUgbGF6eSBkb2cuLi4%3D HTTP/1.1
    // Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    // Accept: */*
    // Accept-Encoding: gzip


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }