Classic ASP

Download a Zip from a URL and OpenBd. (No .zip file is created)

Demonstrates how to download a .zip from a URL, opens the Zip, and gets the contents of a file. No file is ever written.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

set bd = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")

' This URL is valid and can be tested...
success = http.QuickGetBd("https://chilkatdownload.com/example_data/hamlet.zip",bd)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set zip = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

' Open the zip from the bytes contained in bd.
success = zip.OpenBd(bd)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Get the entry for the file we want..
set entry = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")
success = zip.EntryOf("hamlet.xml",entry)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Convert all line endings to CRLF (if needed)
lineEndingBehavior = 2
xmlStr = entry.UnzipToString(lineEndingBehavior,"utf-8")
If (entry.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( entry.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' The XML in this case is about 274K, so let's just examine the last 20 lines...
set sb = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sb.Append(xmlStr)

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sb.LastNLines(20,1)) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>