Checking the HTTP Response Status Code

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.

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkString.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkHttp http;

    bool success;

    // Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
    CkString html;
    html = http.quickGetStr("http://www.google.com/");

    int status;
    status = http.get_LastStatus();

    if (status == 200) {
        printf("status = 200, OK!\n");
    }
    else {
        printf("HTTP Response status = %d\n"
            ,status);

        // Display the complete response header.
        printf("%s\n",http.lastResponseHeader());
    }

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

    status = http.get_LastStatus();

    if (status == 200) {
        printf("status = 200, OK!\n");
    }
    else {
        printf("HTTP Response status = %d\n"
            ,status);

        // Display the complete response header.
        printf("%s\n",http.lastResponseHeader());
    }

    }