Xbase++ 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. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL cXmlStr
LOCAL cUrlEndpoint
LOCAL cXmlCharset
LOCAL oResp

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

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

cUrlEndpoint := "http://www.chilkatsoft.com/xmlEcho.asp"
cXmlCharset := "utf-8"

oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpStr("POST", cUrlEndpoint, cXmlStr, cXmlCharset, "application/xml", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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.
? oResp:BodyStr

oHttp:destroy()
oResp:destroy()