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curl with Variable Substitution in an XML Request Body

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This example shows how to use variables inside an XML request body using the {{variable_name}} syntax. When the HTTP request’s Content-Type indicates XML, Chilkat automatically applies proper XML entity encoding to each substituted value, ensuring the resulting XML remains valid. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  Variable names are enclosed between {{ and }}

#  curl -X POST https://api.example.com/api/orders \
#    -H "Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8" \
#    -H "Accept: application/xml" \
#    -d '<order>
#    <customerName>{{customer_name}}</customerName>
#    <note>{{note}}</note>
#    <address>{{address}}</address>
#    <instructions>{{instructions}}</instructions>
#  </order>'

$sbCurl = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbCurl.AppendLn("curl -X POST https://api.example.com/api/orders \`")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("  -H `"Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8`" \`")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("  -H `"Accept: application/xml`" \`")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("  -d '<order>")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("  <customerName>{{customer_name}}</customerName>")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("  <note>{{note}}</note>")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("  <address>{{address}}</address>")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("  <instructions>{{instructions}}</instructions>")
$sbCurl.AppendLn("</order>'")

$curl = New-Object Chilkat.HttpCurl

#  The values below contain chars that will require XML entity encoding.  
#  Chilkat will automatically do the encoding because the Content-Type of this request is "application/xml"
$curl.SetVar("customer_name","John & Sons")
$curl.SetVar("note","He said `"Ship it ASAP!`"")
$curl.SetVar("address","123 <Main> Street")
$curl.SetVar("instructions","Use door #2 & call upon arrival")

#  To demonstrate how the variables are replaced, this example does not execute the curl command. 
#  Instead, it generates the raw HTTP request that would be sent if the curl command were run.
$sbRawRequest = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $curl.ToRawRequest($sbCurl.GetAsString(),$sbRawRequest)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($curl.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($sbRawRequest.GetAsString())

#  The output is shown below.
#  Notice the chars that were XML entity encoded.

#  POST /api/orders HTTP/1.1
#  Accept: application/xml
#  Host: api.example.com
#  Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8
#  Content-Length: 229
#  
#  <order>
#    <customerName>John &amp; Sons</customerName>
#    <note>He said &quot;Ship it ASAP!&quot;</note>
#    <address>123 &lt;Main&gt; Street</address>
#    <instructions>Use door #2 &amp; call upon arrival</instructions>
#  </order>