(Delphi DLL) HTTP Download any Type of File (binary or text)

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The Download method can download any file type, whether binary (e.g., .zip, .pdf) or text (.xml, .txt), without distinction. It streams the file byte-for-byte from the web server exactly as received. This same process applies to web pages: providing a URL typically viewed in a browser downloads the server's delivered HTML to a file.

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Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi

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* The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Http;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
http: HCkHttp;
localFilePath: PWideChar;
statusCode: Integer;

begin
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);

// Download a .zip
localFilePath := '/temp/hamlet.zip';
success := CkHttp_Download(http,'https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.zip',localFilePath);
statusCode := CkHttp_getLastStatus(http);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    if (statusCode = 0) then
      begin
        // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastErrorText(http));
      end
    else
      begin
        // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code: ' + IntToStr(statusCode));
        // Examine the response body.
        Memo1.Lines.Add('Response body:');
        Memo1.Lines.Add(CkHttp__lastResponseBody(http));
      end;
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Download failed.');

  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Download success, response status = ' + IntToStr(statusCode));
  end;

// Download an XML file:
localFilePath := '/temp/hamlet.xml';
success := CkHttp_Download(http,'https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml',localFilePath);
// ...
// Check for errors in the same way as shown above..
// ...

Memo1.Lines.Add('OK!');

CkHttp_Dispose(http);

end;