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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)