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Initialize an HTTP Request from a URL

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Demonstrates how to initialize an HTTP request object from a URL. AutoIt

$oReq = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpRequest")

; Loads the HTTP request object from a URL
$oReq.SetFromUrl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAZdTchQePc&t=45s"

; The verb will be "GET"
ConsoleWrite("verb = " & $oReq.HttpVerb & @CRLF)
; The path will be "/watch"
ConsoleWrite("path = " & $oReq.Path & @CRLF)

; The output of this loop will be
; 0) v: fAZdTchQePc
; 1) t: 45s
Local $i
Local $iNumParams = $oReq.NumParams
For $i = 0 To $iNumParams - 1
    ConsoleWrite($i & ") " & $oReq.GetParamName($i) & ": " & $oReq.GetParamValue($i) & @CRLF)
Next

; View the request that would be sent if HttpSReq is called.
; The HTTP request will be a GET that looks like this:
; 
;     GET /watch?v=fAZdTchQePc&t=45s HTTP/1.1
;     Host: domain
; 
; Note: The HOST header will automatically get filled in with the actual domain when HttpSReq is called.

ConsoleWrite($oReq.GenerateRequestText() & @CRLF)

; We can add additional params
$oReq.AddParam "artist","Richard Bona"
$oReq.AddParam "musicType","Jazz"
$oReq.AddParam "festival","Estival Jazz Lugano"
$oReq.AddParam "year","2008"

; Now examine the request that would be sent
; 
;     GET /watch?v=fAZdTchQePc&t=45s&artist=Richard%20Bona&musicType=Jazz&festival=Estival%20Jazz%20Lugano&year=2008 HTTP/1.1
;     Host: domain
; 
ConsoleWrite($oReq.GenerateRequestText() & @CRLF)

; We can remove a parameter:
$oReq.RemoveParam "t"
ConsoleWrite($oReq.GenerateRequestText() & @CRLF)

; What happens if we change the request from a GET to a POST?
$oReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
; The request will now look like this:
; 
;    POST /watch HTTP/1.1
;    Host: domain
;    Content-Length: 93
;    
;    v=fAZdTchQePc&artist=Richard%20Bona&musicType=Jazz&festival=Estival%20Jazz%20Lugano&year=2008
; 
ConsoleWrite($oReq.GenerateRequestText() & @CRLF)

; What happens if we make it a multipart/form-data?
$oReq.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
; Now the POST looks like this:
;    
;    POST /watch HTTP/1.1
;    Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------020906020106050705030807
;    Host: domain
;    Content-Length: 545
;    
;    --------------020906020106050705030807
;    Content-Disposition: form-data; name="v"
;    
;    fAZdTchQePc
;    --------------020906020106050705030807
;    Content-Disposition: form-data; name="artist"
;    
;    Richard Bona
;    --------------020906020106050705030807
;    Content-Disposition: form-data; name="musicType"
;    
;    Jazz
;    --------------020906020106050705030807
;    Content-Disposition: form-data; name="festival"
;    
;    Estival Jazz Lugano
;    --------------020906020106050705030807
;    Content-Disposition: form-data; name="year"
;    
;    2008
;    --------------020906020106050705030807--

ConsoleWrite($oReq.GenerateRequestText() & @CRLF)