(C++) HTTP Response Inspection

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkMime.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkHttp http;

    // Returns the contents of the response body.
    const char *jsonText = http.quickGetStr("https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json");

    // Examine the response status code.
    std::cout << "response status code: " << http.get_LastStatus() << "\r\n";

    // Examine the response status text
    std::cout << "response status text: " << http.lastStatusText() << "\r\n";

    // Examine the full response header.
    std::cout << "response header:" << "\r\n";
    std::cout << http.lastResponseHeader() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << "----" << "\r\n";

    // Examine the response content-type
    std::cout << "LastContentType = " << http.lastContentType() << "\r\n";

    // Examine the response last-mod date
    std::cout << "LastModDate = " << http.lastModDate() << "\r\n";

    // Load the response header into a Chilkat MIME object to access its fields individually.
    CkMime mime;
    mime.LoadMime(http.lastResponseHeader());

    int numHeaders = mime.get_NumHeaderFields();
    int i = 0;
    std::cout << "---- MIME Headers ----" << "\r\n";
    while (i < numHeaders) {
        std::cout << "name:  " << mime.getHeaderFieldName(i) << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "value: " << mime.getHeaderFieldValue(i) << "\r\n";
        i = i + 1;
    }

    std::cout << "----" << "\r\n";

    // Get a header field value by name:
    std::cout << "ETag: " << mime.getHeaderField("ETag") << "\r\n";

    // Output:

    // response status code: 200
    // response status text: OK
    // response header:
    // Content-Type: application/json
    // Last-Modified: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 11:36:27 GMT
    // Accept-Ranges: bytes
    // ETag: "34c27f8e5ad3d91:0"
    // Server: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
    // X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
    // Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:38:13 GMT
    // Content-Length: 22
    // ----
    // LastContentType = application/json
    // LastModDate = 2023-08-20
    // ---- MIME Headers ----
    // name:  Content-Type
    // value: application/json
    // name:  Last-Modified
    // value: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 11:36:27 GMT
    // name:  Accept-Ranges
    // value: bytes
    // name:  ETag
    // value: "34c27f8e5ad3d91:0"
    // name:  Server
    // value: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
    // name:  X-Powered-By
    // value: ASP.NET
    // name:  Date
    // value: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:38:13 GMT
    // name:  Content-Length
    // value: 22
    // ----
    // ETag: "34c27f8e5ad3d91:0"
    }