Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

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

llSuccess = .F.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

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

lcUrlEndpoint = "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp"
lcXmlCharset = "utf-8"

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpStr("POST",lcUrlEndpoint,lcXmlStr,lcXmlCharset,"application/xml",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loResp
    return
endif

//  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.
? loResp.BodyStr


release loHttp
release loResp