CkPython Requires Chilkat v11.1.0+

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

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Demonstrates how to POST to a REST API with non-usascii chars within JSON Unicode escaped. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

success = False

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

#  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 = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.put_EmitCompact(False)
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/korean.json")
if (success == False):
    print(json.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

sb = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
json.EmitSb(sb)
sb.Encode("unicodeescape","utf-8")

print(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 = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/echo_request_body.asp",sb,sbResp)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

#  Show the response. 
print("Json Response: " + sbResp.getAsString())