PHP Extension

curl POST with JSON Input and JSON Output

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Demonstrates running a simple curl command with JSON input and JSON output. PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// Run the following curl command

//  curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post \
//       -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//       -d '{
//             "title": "foo",
//             "body": "bar",
//             "userId": 1
//           }'

// The backslashes at the end of lines are not required.  Chilkat ignores them if present.
$sbTargetCurl = new CkStringBuilder();
$sbTargetCurl->AppendLn(' curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post \\');
$sbTargetCurl->AppendLn('      -H \'Content-Type: application/json\' \\');
$sbTargetCurl->AppendLn('      -d '{');
$sbTargetCurl->AppendLn('            \'title\': \'foo\',');
$sbTargetCurl->AppendLn('            \'body\': \'bar\',');
$sbTargetCurl->AppendLn('            \'userId\': 1');
$sbTargetCurl->AppendLn('          }'');

$httpCurl = new CkHttpCurl();

// Run the curl command.
$success = $httpCurl->DoYourThing($sbTargetCurl->getAsString());
if ($success == false) {
    print $httpCurl->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$responseJson = new CkJsonObject();
$responseJson->put_EmitCompact(false);

$httpCurl->GetResponseJson($responseJson);

$statusCode = $httpCurl->get_StatusCode();
print 'response status code: ' . $statusCode . "\n";

print $responseJson->emit() . "\n";

// Output:

// response status code: 200
// {
//   "args": {},
//   "data": "{\r\n            \"title\": \"foo\",\r\n            \"body\": \"bar\",\r\n            \"userId\": 1\r\n          }",
//   "files": {},
//   "form": {},
//   "headers": {
//     "Content-Length": "96",
//     "Content-Type": "application/json",
//     "Host": "httpbin.org",
//     "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-69e8db8b-459b3bdf7b7a3bc749184968"
//   },
//   "json": {
//     "body": "bar",
//     "title": "foo",
//     "userId": 1
//   },
//   "origin": "123.222.222.222",
//   "url": "https://httpbin.org/post"
// }

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Another example:

// curl -X POST https://postman-echo.com/post \
//      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
//      -d '{"foo":"bar"}'

$targetCurl = 'curl -X POST https://postman-echo.com/post -H \'Content-Type: application/json\' -d '{\'foo\':\'bar\'}'';

// Run the curl command.
$success = $httpCurl->DoYourThing($targetCurl);
if ($success == false) {
    print $httpCurl->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$httpCurl->GetResponseJson($responseJson);

$statusCode = $httpCurl->get_StatusCode();
print 'response status code: ' . $statusCode . "\n";

print $responseJson->emit() . "\n";

// Output:

// response status code: 200
// {
//   "args": {},
//   "data": {
//     "foo": "bar"
//   },
//   "files": {},
//   "form": {},
//   "headers": {
//     "host": "postman-echo.com",
//     "content-length": "13",
//     "content-type": "application/json",
//     "x-forwarded-proto": "https",
//     "accept-encoding": "gzip, br"
//   },
//   "json": {
//     "foo": "bar"
//   },
//   "url": "https://postman-echo.com/post"
// }

?>