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curl POST with JSON Input and JSON Output

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Demonstrates running a simple curl command with JSON input and JSON output. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; Run the following curl command

;  curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post \
;       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
;       -d '{
;             "title": "foo",
;             "body": "bar",
;             "userId": 1
;           }'

; The backslashes at the end of lines are not required.  Chilkat ignores them if present.
$oSbTargetCurl = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbTargetCurl.AppendLn(" curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post \")
$oSbTargetCurl.AppendLn("      -H ""Content-Type: application/json"" \")
$oSbTargetCurl.AppendLn("      -d '{")
$oSbTargetCurl.AppendLn("            ""title"": ""foo"",")
$oSbTargetCurl.AppendLn("            ""body"": ""bar"",")
$oSbTargetCurl.AppendLn("            ""userId"": 1")
$oSbTargetCurl.AppendLn("          }'")

$oHttpCurl = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpCurl")

; Run the curl command.
$bSuccess = $oHttpCurl.DoYourThing($oSbTargetCurl.GetAsString())
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttpCurl.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oResponseJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oResponseJson.EmitCompact = False

$oHttpCurl.GetResponseJson($oResponseJson)

Local $iStatusCode = $oHttpCurl.StatusCode
ConsoleWrite("response status code: " & $iStatusCode & @CRLF)

ConsoleWrite($oResponseJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

; Output:

; response status code: 200
; {
;   "args": {},
;   "data": "{\r\n            \"title\": \"foo\",\r\n            \"body\": \"bar\",\r\n            \"userId\": 1\r\n          }",
;   "files": {},
;   "form": {},
;   "headers": {
;     "Content-Length": "96",
;     "Content-Type": "application/json",
;     "Host": "httpbin.org",
;     "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-69e8db8b-459b3bdf7b7a3bc749184968"
;   },
;   "json": {
;     "body": "bar",
;     "title": "foo",
;     "userId": 1
;   },
;   "origin": "123.222.222.222",
;   "url": "https://httpbin.org/post"
; }

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Another example:

; curl -X POST https://postman-echo.com/post \
;      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
;      -d '{"foo":"bar"}'

Local $sTargetCurl = "curl -X POST https://postman-echo.com/post -H ""Content-Type: application/json"" -d '{""foo"":""bar""}'"

; Run the curl command.
$bSuccess = $oHttpCurl.DoYourThing($sTargetCurl)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttpCurl.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oHttpCurl.GetResponseJson($oResponseJson)

$iStatusCode = $oHttpCurl.StatusCode
ConsoleWrite("response status code: " & $iStatusCode & @CRLF)

ConsoleWrite($oResponseJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

; Output:

; response status code: 200
; {
;   "args": {},
;   "data": {
;     "foo": "bar"
;   },
;   "files": {},
;   "form": {},
;   "headers": {
;     "host": "postman-echo.com",
;     "content-length": "13",
;     "content-type": "application/json",
;     "x-forwarded-proto": "https",
;     "accept-encoding": "gzip, br"
;   },
;   "json": {
;     "foo": "bar"
;   },
;   "url": "https://postman-echo.com/post"
; }