(Perl) HTTP POST JSON and Parse JSON Response

Demonstrates how to send a JSON POST and then parse the JSON response.

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use chilkat();

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

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();

$success = $json->LoadFile("qa_data/json/jsonBodyForHttpPost.json");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $json->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson2("https://test.something.com/XYZ/API/v1/CreditInsuranceCalculator/CalculatePremiums","application/json",$json->emit());
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonResp->Load($resp->bodyStr());

$jsonResp->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $jsonResp->emit() . "\r\n";

# The JSON response to be parsed looks like this:
# {
#   "LifeAmount": 513.85,
#   "LifeResidualAmount": 123.38,
#   "CriticalIllnessAmount": 0,
#   "CriticalIllnessResidualAmount": 0,
#   "DisabilityAmount": 881.70,
#   "PolicyFee": 0.00,
#   "PolicyFeeSecondary": 0,
#   "PolicyFeeHidden": 50.00,
#   "PolicyFeeHiddenSecondary": 0
# }

# We can get the floating point numbers as strings.  Then convert to double
# using the appropriate string-to-double conversion for your programming language.
# For example, in C++ use atof.  In C# use Convert.ToDouble.  
$lifeAmount = $jsonResp->stringOf("LifeAmount");
$lifeResidualAmount = $jsonResp->stringOf("LifeResidualAmount");

print "LifeAmount = " . $lifeAmount . "\r\n";
print "LifeResidualAmount = " . $lifeResidualAmount . "\r\n";