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Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

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

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

$success = $false

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

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

$urlEndpoint = "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp"
$xmlCharset = "utf-8"

$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpStr("POST",$urlEndpoint,$xmlStr,$xmlCharset,"application/xml",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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.
$($resp.BodyStr)