(SQL Server) HTTP Session Logging

Demonstrates how to use the SessionLogFilename property to log HTTP requests and responses to a file.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    DECLARE @http int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Set the SessionLogFilename property so that the Chilkat HTTP component
    -- logs the exact HTTP requests and responses to a file.

    -- The SessionLogFilename may be used with any of the HTTP
    -- methods for sending GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, etc.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'SessionLogFilename', 'c:/temp/httpSessionLog.txt'

    -- Try a simple HTTP GET and then examine the session log:
    DECLARE @html nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'QuickGetStr', @html OUT, 'http://www.chilkatsoft.com/httpTest/abc.html'
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        RETURN
      END

    -- The contents of the session log file after doing 
    -- the GET request:

    -- 	---- Sending ----
    -- 	GET /httpTest/abc.html HTTP/1.1
    -- 	Accept: */*
    -- 	Accept-Encoding: gzip
    -- 	Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7
    -- 	Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
    -- 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    -- 	Connection: Keep-Alive
    -- 
    -- 
    -- 	---- Received ----
    -- 	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    -- 	Content-Length: 37
    -- 	Content-Type: text/html
    -- 	Last-Modified: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:55:08 GMT
    -- 	Accept-Ranges: bytes
    -- 	ETag: "4eecd499df78ca1:28b"
    -- 	Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
    -- 	X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
    -- 	Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:15:50 GMT
    -- 
    -- 	<html>
    -- 	<body>
    -- 	ABC
    -- 	</body>
    -- 	</html>
    -- 

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http


END
GO