Unicode C++

Send HTTP POST using non-UTF8 such as Windows-1250

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Demonstrates how to specify the character encoding (charset) to be used for the body of an HTTP POST. Unicode C++

#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkHttpRequestW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttpW http;

    CkHttpRequestW req;

    // Load a JSON file containing strings with Polish chars.
    CkJsonObjectW json;
    success = json.LoadFile(L"qa_data/json/has_polish_chars.json");
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",json.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Add the request params expected by the server-side:
    req.AddParam(L"tytul",json.stringOf(L"tytul"));
    req.AddParam(L"tresc",json.stringOf(L"tresc"));

    // Indicate we wish to explicitly send the charset attribute in the HTTP request header.
    req.put_SendCharset(true);

    // Send the POST
    // You can send the POST to the URL below.  It will respond with the request body in quoted-printable format.
    // Using quoted-printable, we can easily see the binary bytes for the accented chars.

    req.put_HttpVerb(L"POST");
    req.put_ContentType(L"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpReq(L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.cshtml",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastHeader());
    wprintf(L"%s\n",resp.bodyStr());

    // Sample output:

    // --------------------------------------------------
    // POST /echoPost.cshtml HTTP/1.1
    // Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    // Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8
    // Content-Length: 79
    // 
    // <pre>tytul=3DPrzyk%C5%82ad&amp;tresc=3DPrzyk%C5%82ad
    // %82oszenie</pre>
    // --------------------------------------------------

    // We can see by the %C5%82 that utf-8 was sent, because %C5%82 is the 2-byte representation of a particular Polish char.

    // -----------------------
    // However.. we can change the charset used for the HTTP request by specifying the request object's charset.

    req.put_SendCharset(true);
    req.put_Charset(L"windows-1250");
    req.put_HttpVerb(L"POST");
    req.put_ContentType(L"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    success = http.HttpReq(L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/echoPost.cshtml",req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastHeader());
    wprintf(L"%s\n",resp.bodyStr());

    // Sample output...
    // You can see how the bytes used for the Polish chars are now 1-byte per char (i.e. using Windows-1250) 

    // --------------------------------------------------
    // POST /echoPost.cshtml HTTP/1.1
    // Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
    // Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=windows-1250
    // Content-Length: 70
    // 
    // <pre>tytul=3DPrzyk%B3ad&amp;tresc=3DPrzyk%B3ad
    // e</pre>
    // --------------------------------------------------
    }