(MFC) HTTPS PUT application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Demonstrates two ways of sending an HTTPS PUT application/x-www-form-urlencoded request.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.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;

    // The 1st example sends a PUT with the query params in the URL.
    // The body of the request will be empty.
    const char *url = "https://example.com/leads/12345678?uid=XXXX&apikey=YYYYYY&notes=Test_Note";

    // Sends the following request:

    // PUT /leads/12345678?uid=XXXX&apikey=YYYYYY&notes=Test_Note HTTP/1.1
    // Host: example.com
    // Accept: */*
    // Accept-Encoding: gzip
    // Content-Length: 0
    // 

    CkHttpResponse *resp = http.PText("PUT",url,"","","application/x-www-form-urlencoded",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }
    else {

        strOut.append("Response status code = ");
        strOut.appendInt(resp->get_StatusCode());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        strOut.append("Response body: ");
        strOut.append(resp->bodyStr());
        strOut.append("\r\n");

        delete resp;
    }

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Now we send the same request, but instead the query params are in the HTTP request body.

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_HttpVerb("PUT");
    req.put_Path("/leads/12345678");
    req.AddParam("uid","XXXX");
    req.AddParam("apikey","YYYYYY");
    req.AddParam("notes","Test_Note");

    // Sends the following request:

    // POST /leads/12345678 HTTP/1.1
    // Host: example.com
    // Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
    // Content-Length: 38
    // 
    // uid=XXXX&apikey=YYYYYY&notes=Test_Note

    resp = http.PostUrlEncoded("https://example.com/leads/12345678",req);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append("Response status code = ");
    strOut.appendInt(resp->get_StatusCode());
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append("Response body: ");
    strOut.append(resp->bodyStr());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    delete resp;


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }