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

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.1.0 or greater.

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

$success = $false

$success = $false

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("chilkatsoft.com",443,$true,$bAutoReconnect)

# Load JSON containing the following Korean text.

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

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$success = $json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/korean.json")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($json.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$success = $rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitSb($sb)
$sb.Encode("unicodeescape","utf-8")

$($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"
#   }
# }

$sbResp = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/echo_request_body.asp",$sb,$sbResp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Show the response. 
$("Json Response: " + $sbResp.GetAsString())