(Ruby) 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.

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require 'chilkat'

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

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

print html + "\n";