(DataFlex) Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    String sXmlStr
    String sUrlEndpoint
    String sXmlCharset
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // The XML sent in the body of the request is application
    // specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
    // application is expecting..
    Move '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>' To sXmlStr

    // The PostXml method may be called to send the XMLHttpRequest
    // using the "POST" HTTP method (also known as "verb").
    Move "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp" To sUrlEndpoint
    Move "utf-8" To sXmlCharset

    Get ComPostXml Of hoHttp sUrlEndpoint sXmlStr sXmlCharset To vResp
    If (IsComObject(vResp)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
        Set pvComObject Of hoResp To vResp
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHttp To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:

    // POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
    // Content-Type: text/xml
    // Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    // Accept: */*
    // Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
    // Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
    // Accept-Encoding: gzip
    // Content-Length: 81
    // 
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>

    // Examine the Body of the HTTP response
    // This would be the XML response sent by the server.
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    Send Destroy of hoResp


End_Procedure