(Visual FoxPro) 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

LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lcHtml

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

*  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
lnSuccess = loHttp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    QUIT
ENDIF

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

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

? lcHtml