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" header and get the text response (which could be JSON).
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HTTPS GET Request with Authorization Bearer Header
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Demonstrates how to send an HTTPS GET request with an "Authorization: BearerChilkat C Downloads
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
void ChilkatSample(void)
{
BOOL success;
HCkHttp http;
const char *responseText;
HCkJsonObject json;
success = FALSE;
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
http = CkHttp_Create();
// Setting the AuthToken property causes the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header to be added to each request.
// Set AuthToken equal to your token without the keyword "Bearer".
CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,"Your access token");
// Send the GET request and get the response text (assuming you know beforehand that the response will be text, such as JSON, XML, HTML, etc.)
responseText = CkHttp_quickGetStr(http,"https://www.example.com/something");
if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
// This means something failed where you did not get an HTTP response.
printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
return;
}
// If you get here, then you received an HTTP response where you can check the response status code, and the responseText will contain
// the response body.
printf("Response status code = %d\n",CkHttp_getLastStatus(http));
if (CkHttp_getLastStatus(http) != 200) {
// Probably an error from the server. Examine the HTTP response body.
printf("%s\n",responseText);
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
return;
}
// If you get here, the response status code was the expected value indicating success,
// if you know the response is JSON, you can load it into a Chilkat JSON object and continue ...
json = CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,TRUE);
CkJsonObject_Load(json,responseText);
printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(json));
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// ...
// ...
CkHttp_Dispose(http);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
}