(ASP) HTTP GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

The QuickGetStr method is the simplest way to retrieve a text resource from a web server using an HTTP GET request. The text resource can be HTML, XML, text, or anything other type of file composed of readable text.

Download Chilkat HTTP ActiveX

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.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 "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

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

html = http.QuickGetStr("http://www.wikipedia.org/")

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( html) & "</pre>"


%>
</body>
</html>