VBScript Requires Chilkat v11.5.0+

curl with Variable Substitution in a GraphQL Request Body

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This example shows how to use variables inside a graphql request body using the {{variable_name}} syntax. When the HTTP request’s Content-Type indicates graphql, Chilkat automatically applies proper escaping to each substituted value, ensuring the resulting graphql remains valid. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

success = 0

'  Variable names are enclosed between {{ and }}
'  Important: Variables should be placed inside the quotes.

'  curl -X POST https://api.example.com/graphql \
'    -H "Content-Type: application/graphql; charset=utf-8" \
'    -H "Accept: application/json" \
'    --data-binary "mutation {
'    createUser(
'      input: {
'        name: \"{{name}}\"
'        city: \"{{city}}\"
'        note: \"{{note}}\"
'        bio: \"{{bio}}\"
'      }
'    ) {
'      id
'      name
'    }
'  }"

'  Build the above curl command.
set sbCurl = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("curl -X POST https://api.example.com/graphql \")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("  -H ""Content-Type: application/graphql; charset=utf-8"" \")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("  -H ""Accept: application/json"" \")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("  -d ""mutation {")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("  createUser(")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("    input: {")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("      name: \""{{name}}\""")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("      city: \""{{city}}\""")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("      note: \""{{note}}\""")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("      bio: \""{{bio}}\""")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("    }")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("  ) {")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("    id")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("    name")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("  }")
success = sbCurl.AppendLn("}""")

set curl = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpCurl")

'  Provide values for variables
curl.SetVar "name","José O'Connor"
curl.SetVar "city","München"
curl.SetVar "note","He said ""Hello, world!"" — and left…"
curl.SetVar "bio","Loves sushi, café visits, and π ≈ 3.14159"

'  To demonstrate how the variables are replaced, this example does not execute the curl command. 
'  Instead, it generates the raw HTTP request that would be sent if the curl command were run.
set sbRawRequest = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = curl.ToRawRequest(sbCurl.GetAsString(),sbRawRequest)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine(sbRawRequest.GetAsString())

'  The output is shown below.
'  Notice the quote chars around "Hello, world!" are properly escaped.

'  POST /graphql HTTP/1.1
'  Accept: application/json
'  Host: api.example.com
'  Content-Type: application/graphql; charset=utf-8
'  Content-Length: 250
'  
'  mutation {
'    createUser(
'      input: {
'        name: "José O'Connor"
'        city: "München"
'        note: "He said \"Hello, world!\" — and left…"
'        bio: "Loves sushi, café visits, and π ≈ 3.14159"
'      }
'    ) {
'      id
'      name
'    }
'  }

outFile.Close