C++

Download Image (JPG, GIF, etc.) to Base64

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Demonstrates how to download an image, or any type of file, to get the data in base64 encoding format. C++

#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttp http;
    http.put_KeepResponseBody(true);

    CkBinData bd;

    success = http.DownloadBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bd);
    int statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    if (success == false) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            //  Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        }
        else {
            //  We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            std::cout << "Response status code: " << statusCode << "\r\n";
            //  Examine the response body.
            std::cout << "Response body:" << "\r\n";
            std::cout << http.lastResponseBody() << "\r\n";
        }

        std::cout << "Download failed." << "\r\n";

    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Download success, response status = " << statusCode << "\r\n";

        const char *base64_image_data = bd.getEncoded("base64");
        std::cout << "image data in base64 format:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << base64_image_data << "\r\n";
    }
    }