VB.NET Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Send XMLHttpRequest and Get Response

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTP XML request and retrieve the response. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

'  The XML sent in the body of the request is application
'  specified -- it should contain whatever the server-side
'  application is expecting..
Dim xmlStr As String = "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>"

Dim urlEndpoint As String = "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp"
Dim xmlCharset As String = "utf-8"

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpStr("POST",urlEndpoint,xmlStr,xmlCharset,"application/xml",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  The raw HTTP request sent by the above call is:

'  POST /xmlEcho.asp HTTP/1.1
'  Content-Type: text/xml
'  Host: www.chilkatsoft.com
'  Accept: */*
'  Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*; q=0.7
'  Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5
'  Accept-Encoding: gzip
'  Content-Length: 81
'  
'  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><appXml><something>123</something></appXml>

'  Examine the Body of the HTTP response
'  This would be the XML response sent by the server.
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)