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(CkPython) URL Encoding Charset in POST Query ParamsDemonstrates how to control the URL encoding charset in POST query params. Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.
import sys import chilkat success = False # This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked. # See Global Unlock Sample for sample code. # We have the string "MÆRSK". nameWin1252Encoded = "M%E6RSK" sb = chilkat.CkStringBuilder() success = sb.DecodeAndAppend(nameWin1252Encoded,"url","windows-1252") http = chilkat.CkHttp() # We're setting the session log filename so we can see the exact request sent. http.put_SessionLogFilename("qa_output/sessionLog.txt") # First demonstrate a simple application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST req = chilkat.CkHttpRequest() # Set the Charset = "utf-8" to cause URL encoding to use utf-8. req.put_Charset("utf-8") req.AddParam("name",sb.getAsString()) req.put_HttpVerb("POST") req.put_HttpVerb("POST") req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded") resp = chilkat.CkHttpResponse() success = http.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",req,resp) if (success == False): print(http.lastErrorText()) sys.exit() # This is the request that is sent: # Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6) # POST /something HTTP/1.1 # Host: www.chilkatsoft.com # Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded # Content-Length: 15 # # name=M%C3%A6RSK # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Switch to windows-1252 req.put_Charset("windows-1252") req.put_HttpVerb("POST") req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded") success = http.HttpReq("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something",req,resp) if (success == False): print(http.lastErrorText()) sys.exit() # This is the request that is sent: # Notice that windows-1252 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %E6) # POST /something HTTP/1.1 # Host: www.chilkatsoft.com # Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded # Content-Length: 12 # # name=M%E6RSK # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Let's do the same with HttpSReq, switching back to utf-8 req.put_Path("/something") req.put_HttpVerb("POST") req.put_ContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded") req.put_Charset("utf-8") success = http.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,True,req,resp) if (success == False): print(http.lastErrorText()) sys.exit() # This is the request that is sent: # Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6) # POST /something HTTP/1.1 # Host: www.chilkatsoft.com # Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded # Content-Length: 15 # # name=M%C3%A6RSK # --------------------------------------------------------------- # Let's do a PostXml where the query params are in the HTTP request start line, # and the Content-Type is text/xml where the body of the request is XML. req.put_Path("/something") req.put_HttpVerb("POST") req.put_ContentType("text/xml") success = req.LoadBodyFromString("<test>123</test>","utf-8") req.put_Charset("utf-8") # Remember... our request object still contains the query param added in the above call to AddParam.new HttpResponse resp; success = http.HttpSReq("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,True,req,resp) if (success == False): print(http.lastErrorText()) sys.exit() # This is the request that is sent: # Notice that utf-8 is used in the query param (the letter 'Æ' is %C3%A6) # POST /something?name=M%C3%A6RSK HTTP/1.1 # Host: www.chilkatsoft.com # Content-Type: text/xml # Content-Length: 16 # # <test>123</test> |
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