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" header and get the text response (which could be JSON).
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HTTPS GET Request with Authorization Bearer Header
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Demonstrates how to send an HTTPS GET request with an "Authorization: BearerChilkat C++ Downloads
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.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;
// Setting the AuthToken property causes the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header to be added to each request.
// Set AuthToken equal to your token without the keyword "Bearer".
http.put_AuthToken("Your access token");
// Send the GET request and get the response text (assuming you know beforehand that the response will be text, such as JSON, XML, HTML, etc.)
const char *responseText = http.quickGetStr("https://www.example.com/something");
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
// This means something failed where you did not get an HTTP response.
std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
return;
}
// If you get here, then you received an HTTP response where you can check the response status code, and the responseText will contain
// the response body.
std::cout << "Response status code = " << http.get_LastStatus() << "\r\n";
if (http.get_LastStatus() != 200) {
// Probably an error from the server. Examine the HTTP response body.
std::cout << responseText << "\r\n";
return;
}
// If you get here, the response status code was the expected value indicating success,
// if you know the response is JSON, you can load it into a Chilkat JSON object and continue ...
CkJsonObject json;
json.put_EmitCompact(true);
json.Load(responseText);
std::cout << json.emit() << "\r\n";
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// ...
// ...
}