Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

URL Encoding Charset in POST Query Params

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Demonstrates how to control the URL encoding charset in POST query params. Lianja

llSuccess = .F.

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

//  We have the string "MÆRSK".
lcNameWin1252Encoded = "M%E6RSK"

loSb = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
llSuccess = loSb.DecodeAndAppend(lcNameWin1252Encoded,"url","windows-1252")

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

//  We're setting the session log filename so we can see the exact request sent.
loHttp.SessionLogFilename = "qa_output/sessionLog.txt"

//  First demonstrate a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST

loReq = createobject("CkHttpRequest")

//  Set the Charset = "utf-8" to cause URL encoding to use utf-8.
loReq.Charset = "utf-8"

loReq.AddParam("name",loSb.GetAsString())

loReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
loReq.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",loReq,loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loSb
    release loHttp
    release loReq
    release loResp
    return
endif

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

//  	POST /something HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//  	Content-Length: 15
//  
//  	name=M%C3%A6RSK

//  ---------------------------------------------------------------
//  Switch to windows-1252

loReq.Charset = "windows-1252"
loReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
loReq.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

llSuccess = loHttp.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",loReq,loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loSb
    release loHttp
    release loReq
    release loResp
    return
endif

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that windows-1252 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %E6)

//  	POST /something HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//  	Content-Length: 12
//  
//  	name=M%E6RSK

//  ---------------------------------------------------------------
//  Let's do the same with HttpSReq, switching back to utf-8

loReq.Path = "/something"
loReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
loReq.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

loReq.Charset = "utf-8"
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,.T.,loReq,loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loSb
    release loHttp
    release loReq
    release loResp
    return
endif

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

//  	POST /something HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
//  	Content-Length: 15
//  
//  	name=M%C3%A6RSK

//  ---------------------------------------------------------------
//  Let's do a POST with XML body where the query params are in the HTTP request start line, 
//  and the Content-Type is text/xml where the body of the request is XML.

loReq.Path = "/something"
loReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
loReq.ContentType = "text/xml"
llSuccess = loReq.LoadBodyFromString("<test>123</test>","utf-8")
loReq.Charset = "utf-8"

//  Remember... our request object still contains the query param added in the above call to AddParam.
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,.T.,loReq,loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loSb
    release loHttp
    release loReq
    release loResp
    return
endif

//  This is the request that is sent:
//  Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6)

//  	POST /something?name=M%C3%A6RSK HTTP/1.1
//  	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
//  	Content-Type: text/xml
//  	Content-Length: 16
//  
//  	<test>123</test>


release loSb
release loHttp
release loReq
release loResp