Classic ASP

QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object.

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

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
http.KeepResponseBody = 1

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

' Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
success = http.QuickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",bd)
If (success = 0) Then
    ' This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
    ' or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
    ' 
    ' In other words, success will only be 1 if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
    statusCode = http.LastStatus
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response status: " & statusCode) & "</pre>"

    If (statusCode = 0) Then
        ' There was an error in communications.  
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Else
        ' We received a response status code indicating failure.
        ' Examine the response body.
        Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastResponseBody) & "</pre>"
    End If

    Response.End
End If

' Load the downloaded PDF into a Chilkat PDF object.
set pdf = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Pdf")
success = pdf.LoadBd(bd)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( pdf.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' ...

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>