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Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

HTTP PUT JSON

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Demonstrates how to send a JSON PUT and get the JSON response body.

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llSuccess = .F.

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

loReq = createobject("CkHttpRequest")
loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

//  The PUT request to be sent will look like this:

//  PUT /request HTTP/1.1
//  Content-Type: application/jsonrequest
//  Cookie: JSESSIONID=1234
//  Content-Encoding: identity
//  Host: json.penzance.org
//  Accept: application/jsonrequest
//  Accept-Encoding:
//  Content-Length: 72
//  
//  {"user":"doctoravatar@penzance.com","forecast":7,"t":"vlIj","zip":94089}

//  First, remove default header fields that would be automatically
//  sent.  (These headers are harmless, and shouldn't need to 
//  be suppressed, but just in case...)
loHttp.AcceptCharset = ""
loHttp.UserAgent = ""
loHttp.AcceptLanguage = ""

//  Suppress the Accept-Encoding header by disallowing 
//  a gzip response:
loHttp.AllowGzip = .F.

//  If a Cookie needs to be added...
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Cookie","JSESSIONID=1234")

//  Add the Content-Encoding: identity header.
loHttp.SetRequestHeader("Content-Encoding","identity")

//  Modify the default "Accept" header:
loHttp.Accept = "application/jsonrequest"

lcJsonText = '{"user":"doctoravatar@penzance.com","forecast":7,"t":"vlIj","zip":94089}'

//  IMPORTANT: Make sure to change the URL, JSON text,
//  and other data items to your own values.  The URL used
//  in this example will not actually work.

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpStr("PUT","http://json.penzance.org/request",lcJsonText,"utf-8","application/jsonrequest",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loReq
    release loHttp
    release loResp
    return
endif

? "Response status code: " + str(loResp.StatusCode)
? "Response JSON:"
? loResp.BodyStr


release loReq
release loHttp
release loResp