PowerBuilder

Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_XmlStr
string ls_UrlEndpoint
string ls_XmlCharset
oleobject loo_Resp

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// The XML sent in the body of the request is application
// specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
// application is expecting..
ls_XmlStr = "<?xml version=~"1.0~" encoding=~"UTF-8~"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>"

ls_UrlEndpoint = "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp"
ls_XmlCharset = "utf-8"

loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpStr("POST",ls_UrlEndpoint,ls_XmlStr,ls_XmlCharset,"application/xml",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

// The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:

// POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
// Content-Type: text/xml
// Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
// Accept: */*
// Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
// Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
// Accept-Encoding: gzip
// Content-Length: 81
// 
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>

// Examine the Body of the HTTP response
// This would be the XML response sent by the server.
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Resp