(Lianja) Creating an application/json HTTP POST Request

Demonstrates how to create an HTTP POST request having the Content-Type application/json, where the body of the HTTP request is the following JSON:

{
   "username" : "my_username",
   "password" : "my_password",
   "validation-factors" : {
      "validationFactors" : [
         {
            "name" : "remote_address",
            "value" : "127.0.0.1"
         }
      ]
   }
}

The generated HTTP request looks like this:

POST /something HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
Host: domain
Content-Length: 216

{
  "username": "my_username",
  "password": "my_password",
  "validation-factors": {
    "validationFactors": [
      {
        "name": "remote_address",
        "value": "127.0.0.1"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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// This example demonstrates building an application/json request.

loReq = createobject("CkHttpRequest")

// The ContentType, HttpVerb, and Path properties should
// always be explicitly set.
loReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
loReq.Path = "/something"
loReq.ContentType = "application/json"

// We may wish to add an "Accept" header to the request.
// This tells the server we'll accept an application/json response.
loReq.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")

// We'll use Chilkat's JSON API to create the JSON body of the HTTP request.
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.AppendString("username","my_username")
loJson.AppendString("password","my_password")
loVFactors = loJson.AppendObject("validation-factors")
loVArray = loVFactors.AppendArray("validationFactors")
loVArray.AddObjectAt(0)
loFactorObj = loVArray.ObjectAt(0)
loFactorObj.AppendString("name","remote_address")
loFactorObj.AppendString("value","127.0.0.1")
release loFactorObj
release loVArray
release loVFactors

// Use the JSON for the HTTP request body
// By default, the Emit method will output compact JSON.
// This is best for generating the smallest size request.
// To generate a more human-readable (pretty-printed) JSON request body,
// set the EmitCompact property to FALSE
loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
loReq.LoadBodyFromString(loJson.Emit(),"utf-8")

// View the request that would be sent if SynchronousRequest was called:
lcRequestMime = loReq.GenerateRequestText()
? lcRequestMime

// A few important comments about the HTTP request that is generated:
// 
// 1) The Content-Length header is automatically generated based on the actual length of the MIME message
//    that follows the intial (topmost) MIME header.
// 2) The HOST header will automatically get filled in with the actual domain when SynchronousRequest
//    is called


release loReq
release loJson