(Node.js) HTTP Session Logging

Demonstrates how to use the SessionLogFilename property to log HTTP requests and responses to a file.

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on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, and ARM

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    // Set the SessionLogFilename property so that the Chilkat HTTP component
    // logs the exact HTTP requests and responses to a file.

    // The SessionLogFilename may be used with any of the HTTP
    // methods for sending GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, etc.
    http.SessionLogFilename = "c:/temp/httpSessionLog.txt";

    // Try a simple HTTP GET and then examine the session log:
    var html = http.QuickGetStr("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/httpTest/abc.html");
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // The contents of the session log file after doing 
    // the GET request:

    // 	---- Sending ----
    // 	GET /httpTest/abc.html HTTP/1.1
    // 	Accept: */*
    // 	Accept-Encoding: gzip
    // 	Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7
    // 	Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
    // 	Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    // 	Connection: Keep-Alive
    // 
    // 
    // 	---- Received ----
    // 	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    // 	Content-Length: 37
    // 	Content-Type: text/html
    // 	Last-Modified: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:55:08 GMT
    // 	Accept-Ranges: bytes
    // 	ETag: "4eecd499df78ca1:28b"
    // 	Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
    // 	X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
    // 	Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:15:50 GMT
    // 
    // 	<html>
    // 	<body>
    // 	ABC
    // 	</body>
    // 	</html>
    // 

}

chilkatExample();