C

Download Image (JPG, GIF, etc.) to Base64

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Demonstrates how to download an image, or any type of file, to get the data in base64 encoding format. C

#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkBinData bd;
    int statusCode;
    const char *base64_image_data;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();
    CkHttp_putKeepResponseBody(http,TRUE);

    bd = CkBinData_Create();

    success = CkHttp_DownloadBd(http,"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bd);
    statusCode = CkHttp_getLastStatus(http);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            //  Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        }
        else {
            //  We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            printf("Response status code: %d\n",statusCode);
            //  Examine the response body.
            printf("Response body:\n");
            printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastResponseBody(http));
        }

        printf("Download failed.\n");

    }
    else {
        printf("Download success, response status = %d\n",statusCode);

        base64_image_data = CkBinData_getEncoded(bd,"base64");
        printf("image data in base64 format:\n");
        printf("%s\n",base64_image_data);
    }



    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkBinData_Dispose(bd);

    }