Node.js

POST JSON to REST API with non-us-ascii Chars Escaped

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Demonstrates how to POST to a REST API with non-usascii chars within JSON Unicode escaped. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    success = false;

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    //  Connect using TLS.
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("chilkatsoft.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

    //  Load JSON containing the following Korean text.

    //   {
    //     "BillAddr": {
    //        "Id": "239615",
    //        "Line1": "류리하",
    //        "Line2": "류리하류리하",
    //        "City": "류리하류리하",
    //        "Country": "US",
    //        "CountrySubDivisionCode": "AK",
    //        "PostalCode": "류리하"
    //      }
    //  }

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.EmitCompact = false;
    success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/korean.json");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(json.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8");

    var sb = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sb);
    sb.Encode("unicodeescape","utf-8");

    console.log(sb.GetAsString());

    //  The StringBuilder contains this:

    //  {
    //    "BillAddr": {
    //      "Id": "239615",
    //      "Line1": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
    //      "Line2": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
    //      "City": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
    //      "Country": "US",
    //      "CountrySubDivisionCode": "AK",
    //      "PostalCode": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558"
    //    }
    //  }

    var sbResp = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/echo_request_body.asp",sb,sbResp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Show the response. 
    console.log("Json Response: " + sbResp.GetAsString());

}

chilkatExample();