Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v11.1.0+

POST JSON to REST API with non-us-ascii Chars Escaped

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Demonstrates how to POST to a REST API with non-usascii chars within JSON Unicode escaped. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

success = False

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

//  Connect using TLS.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("chilkatsoft.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)

//  Load JSON containing the following Korean text.

//   {
//     "BillAddr": {
//        "Id": "239615",
//        "Line1": "류리하",
//        "Line2": "류리하류리하",
//        "City": "류리하류리하",
//        "Country": "US",
//        "CountrySubDivisionCode": "AK",
//        "PostalCode": "류리하"
//      }
//  }

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False
success = json.LoadFile("qa_data/json/korean.json")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(json.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sb)
success = sb.Encode("unicodeescape","utf-8")

System.DebugLog(sb.GetAsString())

//  The StringBuilder contains this:

//  {
//    "BillAddr": {
//      "Id": "239615",
//      "Line1": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
//      "Line2": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
//      "City": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558\ub958\ub9ac\ud558",
//      "Country": "US",
//      "CountrySubDivisionCode": "AK",
//      "PostalCode": "\ub958\ub9ac\ud558"
//    }
//  }

Dim sbResp As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/echo_request_body.asp",sb,sbResp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Show the response. 
System.DebugLog("Json Response: " + sbResp.GetAsString())