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Download a Binary REST Response into BinData

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd, which sends a request with no body and stores the binary response body in a BinData.

The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background. This method is appropriate when the response is binary, such as an image or file download, allowing the received bytes to be saved or processed directly.

Chilkat Android™ Downloads

Android™
// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory.  Absolute paths
    //  may also be used.  Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

    //  FullRequestNoBodyBd sends a request with no body and stores the binary response body in a
    //  BinData.  This is appropriate when the response is binary, such as an image or file download.
    CkBinData bdResponse = new CkBinData();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET","/api/images/1",bdResponse);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    boolean bSaved = bdResponse.WriteFile("qa_output/image.png");
    if (bSaved != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to save the response body.");
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Downloaded " + String.valueOf(bdResponse.get_NumBytes()) + " bytes.");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}