(PowerShell) HTTP POST JSON and Parse JSON Response

Demonstrates how to send a JSON POST and then parse the JSON response.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject

$success = $json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/jsonBodyForHttpPost.json")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($json.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$resp = $http.PostJson2("https://test.something.com/XYZ/API/v1/CreditInsuranceCalculator/CalculatePremiums","application/json",$json.Emit())
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$jsonResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResp.Load($resp.BodyStr)

$jsonResp.EmitCompact = $false
$($jsonResp.Emit())

# The JSON response to be parsed looks like this:
# {
#   "LifeAmount": 513.85,
#   "LifeResidualAmount": 123.38,
#   "CriticalIllnessAmount": 0,
#   "CriticalIllnessResidualAmount": 0,
#   "DisabilityAmount": 881.70,
#   "PolicyFee": 0.00,
#   "PolicyFeeSecondary": 0,
#   "PolicyFeeHidden": 50.00,
#   "PolicyFeeHiddenSecondary": 0
# }

# We can get the floating point numbers as strings.  Then convert to double
# using the appropriate string-to-double conversion for your programming language.
# For example, in C++ use atof.  In C# use Convert.ToDouble.  
$lifeAmount = $jsonResp.StringOf("LifeAmount")
$lifeResidualAmount = $jsonResp.StringOf("LifeResidualAmount")

$("LifeAmount = " + $lifeAmount)
$("LifeResidualAmount = " + $lifeResidualAmount)