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curl with Path Variables and Query Param Variables

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This example demonstrates using variables located in the path and query params with the {{variable_name}} syntax.

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#include <C_CkHttpCurlW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    const wchar_t *targetCurl;
    HCkHttpCurlW httpCurl;
    HCkJsonObjectW responseJson;
    int statusCode;

    success = FALSE;

    // Variables can occur in the path and query params.  
    // Variable names are enclosed between {{ and }}

    //  curl -X GET https://httpbin.org/{{verb}}?id={id_value}}
    targetCurl = L"curl -X GET https://httpbin.org/{{verb}}?id={{id_value}}";

    httpCurl = CkHttpCurlW_Create();

    // Provide values for variables.
    // In this example, "verb" is a path variable, and "id_value" is a query param variable.
    CkHttpCurlW_SetVar(httpCurl,L"verb",L"get");
    CkHttpCurlW_SetVar(httpCurl,L"id_value",L"123");

    // Run the curl command.
    success = CkHttpCurlW_DoYourThing(httpCurl,targetCurl);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpCurlW_lastErrorText(httpCurl));
        CkHttpCurlW_Dispose(httpCurl);
        return;
    }

    responseJson = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(responseJson,FALSE);

    statusCode = CkHttpCurlW_getStatusCode(httpCurl);
    wprintf(L"response status code: %d\n",statusCode);

    CkHttpCurlW_GetResponseJson(httpCurl,responseJson);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(responseJson));

    // Output:

    // response status code: 200
    // {
    //   "args": {
    //     "id": "123"
    //   },
    //   "headers": {
    //     "Host": "httpbin.org",
    //     "X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-69e92914-5d4136d240f2f7fe1056f126"
    //   },
    //   "origin": "222.222.222.222",
    //   "url": "https://httpbin.org/get?id=123"
    // }


    CkHttpCurlW_Dispose(httpCurl);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(responseJson);

    }