(PureBasic) HttpPostJson2Async Example

Demonstrates use of the HttpPostJson2Async method.

Chilkat PureBasic Module Download Chilkat PureBasic Module

IncludeFile "CkTask.pb"
IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"
IncludeFile "CkHttpResponse.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    ;  This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    ;  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code

    ;  See PostJson2 Example for the synchronous equivalent of this example.

    http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
    If http.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success.i

    ;  Sends a POST equivalent to the following CURL command:

    ;  curl -X POST https://sandbox.plaid.com/institutions/get \
    ;    -H 'content-type: application/json' \
    ;    -d '{
    ;      "client_id": String,
    ;      "secret":String,
    ;      "count": Number,
    ;      "offset": Number
    ;    }'

    ;  Suppress some default headers that would automatically added..
    CkHttp::setCkAcceptCharset(http, "")
    CkHttp::setCkUserAgent(http, "")
    CkHttp::setCkAcceptLanguage(http, "")
    CkHttp::setCkAllowGzip(http, 0)

    jsonBody.s = "{" + Chr(34) + "client_id" + Chr(34) + ": " + Chr(34) + "PLAID_CLIENT_ID" + Chr(34) + ", " + Chr(34) + "secret" + Chr(34) + ":" + Chr(34) + "PLAID_SECRET" + Chr(34) + ", " + Chr(34) + "count" + Chr(34) + ": 10, " + Chr(34) + "offset" + Chr(34) + ": 0}"
    task.i = CkHttp::ckPostJson2Async(http,"https://sandbox.plaid.com/institutions/get","application/json",jsonBody)
    If CkHttp::ckLastMethodSuccess(http) = 0
        Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  Start the background task.
    success = CkTask::ckRun(task)
    If Not success
        Debug CkTask::ckLastErrorText(task)
        CkTask::ckDispose(task)

        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  The application is now free to do anything else
    ;  while the HTTP POST is in progress

    ;  For this example, we'll simply sleep and periodically
    ;  check to see if the HTTP POST is finished.
    While CkTask::ckFinished(task) <> 1
        ;  Sleep 100 ms.
        CkTask::ckSleepMs(task,100)
    Wend

    ;  When we get here, the task is either finished successfully or not, or was canceled/aborted.

    ;  If the task was "canceled", it was canceled prior to actually starting.  This could
    ;  happen if the task was canceled while waiting in a thread pool queue to be scheduled by Chilkat's
    ;  background thread pool scheduler.

    ;  If the task was "aborted", it indicates that it was canceled while running in a background thread.
    ;  The ResultErrorText will likely indicate that the task was aborted.

    ;  If the task "completed", then it ran to completion, but the actual success/failure of the method
    ;  is determined by getting the result of the underlying method call.
    ;  A task status of 7 indicates completion.
    If CkTask::ckStatusInt(task) <> 7
        Debug "Task did not complete."
        Debug "task status: " + CkTask::ckStatus(task)
        CkTask::ckDispose(task)

        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  When called synchronously, the PostJson2 method returns an HTTP response object,
    ;  unless the method failed and there was no response to be had.
    ;  Check to see if PostJson2 method failed (and thus there is no response object).
    If CkTask::ckTaskSuccess(task) = 0
        Debug "The underlying task failed, and there is no HTTP response object."
        Debug "The LastErrorText for the underlying method call is:"
        Debug CkTask::ckResultErrorText(task)
        CkTask::ckDispose(task)

        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ;  To get the HTTP response object, create a new instance and load it with the result from the task.
    resp.i = CkHttpResponse::ckCreate()
    If resp.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkHttpResponse::ckLoadTaskResult(resp,task)
    CkTask::ckDispose(task)

    statusCode.i = CkHttpResponse::ckStatusCode(resp)
    Debug "Response status code = " + Str(statusCode)

    ;  Examine the JSON response..
    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckLoad(json,CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(resp))
    CkJsonObject::setCkEmitCompact(json, 0)
    Debug "JSON Response Body:"
    Debug CkJsonObject::ckEmit(json)


    CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
    CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure