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HTTP GET with utf-8 URL Encoded Query Params

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Demonstrates how to build URLs where query param values can be either URL encoded from the utf-8 representation, or from another charset such as windows-1252.

Note: This example uses the new DecodeAndAppend method added in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  We have the string "MÆRSK".

'  This is the URL encoding of the windows-1252 representation.
Dim nameWindows1252UrlEncoded As String = "M%C6RSK"

Dim sb1 As ChilkatStringBuilder
sb1.Initialize
success = sb1.DecodeAndAppend(nameWindows1252UrlEncoded, "url", "windows-1252")

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  Here's how to send an HTTP GET where the param is the utf-8 representation that is URL encoded.
'  For example:  https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=M%C3%A6RSK

Dim sbUrl As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbUrl.Initialize

sbUrl.Append("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=")
sbUrl.Append(sb1.GetEncoded("url", "utf-8"))
Log(sbUrl.GetAsString)

Dim responseBody As String = http.QuickGetStr(sbUrl.GetAsString)

'  Here's how to send an HTTP GET where the param is the windows-1252 representation that is URL encoded.
'  For example:  https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=M%E6RSK

sbUrl.Clear
sbUrl.Append("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=")
sbUrl.Append(sb1.GetEncoded("url", "windows-1252"))
Log(sbUrl.GetAsString)

responseBody = http.QuickGetStr(sbUrl.GetAsString)