B4J Question Read POST request??

[ilan]

hi

i would like to know what is the proper way to read a POST request in b4j Server App?

this is the Post request:

Private Sub addNewUser
    Dim j As HttpJob
    j.Initialize("", Me)
    Dim json As JSONGenerator
    json.Initialize(CreateMap("name":"ilan","adress":"israel","phone":"0501234567"))
    j.PostString($"${api_url}/add-user-quiz"$,json.ToPrettyString(0))
    j.GetRequest.SetHeader("api-key",api_key)  
    Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
    If j.Success Then
        Log(j.GetString)
    End If
    j.Release
End Sub

this is how i read it:

    if req.Method.ToUpperCase = "POST" Then
         Dim data() As Byte = Bit.InputStreamToBytes(req.InputStream)
        Log(BytesToString(data, 0, data.Length, "UTF-8"))
    End If

it does work, i get the JSON string and i can convert it back to a JSON object but is this the right way?

 

[Erel]

Yes, this is right way to read the POST payload.

Tip about POST requests: if you want to get a URL parameter (req.GetParameter) then do it only after reading the payload, otherwise the payload will be searched for the parameter and will be lost.

 

[ilan]

thank you Erel.

j.Delete2() is for a DELETE Request?

does httpjob also support UPDATE requests?

 

[DonManfred]

does httpjob also support UPDATE requests?

You mean PATCH request? Yes