Checking the HTTP Response Status Code

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Simple HTTP GET request to download the HTML of a web page. Check the HTTP response status code (i.e. 200, 404, etc) to see if it downloaded successfully.

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")

' Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write http.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

' Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.

html = http.QuickGetStr("http://www.google.com/")

status = http.LastStatus

If (status = 200) Then
    Response.Write "status = 200, OK!" & "<br>"
Else
    Response.Write "HTTP Response status = " _
         & status & "<br>"

    ' Display the complete response header.
    Response.Write http.LastResponseHeader & "<br>"
End If

' Now try a URL where we know we'll get a 404 response:
html = http.QuickGetStr("http://www.chilkatsoft.com/NothingHere.html")

status = http.LastStatus

If (status = 200) Then
    Response.Write "status = 200, OK!" & "<br>"
Else
    Response.Write "HTTP Response status = " _
         & status & "<br>"

    ' Display the complete response header.
    Response.Write http.LastResponseHeader & "<br>"
End If

%>
</body>
</html>