Ruby

Send HTTPS POST with XML Body

See more HTTP Examples

Demonstrates how to send an HTTP (or HTTPS) POST where the body of the request is XML. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

strXml = "<TransactionSetup xmlns=\"https://xyz.com\"><Credentials><AccountID>XXX</AccountID></Credentials></TransactionSetup>"

# Maybe you need other headers?
http.SetRequestHeader("Accept","application/xml")

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpStr("POST","https://www.somewebsite.com/",strXml,"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Examine the response status code:
print "response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";

# Examine the response body:
print "response body: " + resp.bodyStr() + "\n";