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POST JSON to REST API with non-us-ascii Chars Escaped

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Demonstrates how to POST to a REST API with non-usascii chars within JSON Unicode escaped. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_BAutoReconnect
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Sb
oleobject loo_SbResp

li_Success = 0

li_Success = 0

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

// Connect using TLS.
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("chilkatsoft.com",443,1,li_BAutoReconnect)

// Load JSON containing the following Korean text.

//  {
//    "BillAddr": {
//       "Id": "239615",
//       "Line1": "류리하",
//       "Line2": "류리하류리하",
//       "City": "류리하류리하",
//       "Country": "US",
//       "CountrySubDivisionCode": "AK",
//       "PostalCode": "류리하"
//     }
// }

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
li_Success = loo_Json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/korean.json")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Json.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

loo_Sb = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Sb.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Json.EmitSb(loo_Sb)
loo_Sb.Encode("unicodeescape","utf-8")

Write-Debug loo_Sb.GetAsString()

// The StringBuilder contains this:

// {
//   "BillAddr": {
//     "Id": "239615",
//     "Line1": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
//     "Line2": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
//     "City": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
//     "Country": "US",
//     "CountrySubDivisionCode": "AK",
//     "PostalCode": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558"
//   }
// }

loo_SbResp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbResp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

li_Success = loo_Rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/echo_request_body.asp",loo_Sb,loo_SbResp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Sb
    destroy loo_SbResp
    return
end if

// Show the response. 
Write-Debug "Json Response: " + loo_SbResp.GetAsString()


destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Sb
destroy loo_SbResp