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(Perl) URL Encoding Charset in POST Query ParamsDemonstrates how to control the URL encoding charset in POST query params. Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.
use chilkat(); $success = 0; # This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. # See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. # We have the string "MÆRSK". $nameWin1252Encoded = "M%E6RSK"; $sb = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new(); $success = $sb->DecodeAndAppend($nameWin1252Encoded,"url","windows-1252"); $http = chilkat::CkHttp->new(); # We're setting the session log filename so we can see the exact request sent. $http->put_SessionLogFilename("qa_output/sessionLog.txt"); # First demonstrate a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST $req = chilkat::CkHttpRequest->new(); # Set the Charset = "utf-8" to cause URL encoding to use utf-8. $req->put_Charset("utf-8"); $req->AddParam("name",$sb->getAsString()); $req->put_HttpVerb("POST"); $req->put_HttpVerb("POST"); $req->put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); $resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new(); $success = $http->HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",$req,$resp); if ($success == 0) { print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # 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 $req->put_Charset("windows-1252"); $req->put_HttpVerb("POST"); $req->put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); $success = $http->HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",$req,$resp); if ($success == 0) { print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # 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 $req->put_Path("/something"); $req->put_HttpVerb("POST"); $req->put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); $req->put_Charset("utf-8"); $success = $http->HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,1,$req,$resp); if ($success == 0) { print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # 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 PostXml 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. $req->put_Path("/something"); $req->put_HttpVerb("POST"); $req->put_ContentType("text/xml"); $success = $req->LoadBodyFromString("<test>123</test>","utf-8"); $req->put_Charset("utf-8"); # Remember... our request object still contains the query param added in the above call to AddParam.new HttpResponse resp; $success = $http->HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,1,$req,$resp); if ($success == 0) { print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n"; exit; } # 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> |
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