(DataFlex) HTTP Download any Type of File (binary or text)

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The Download method can download any file type, whether binary (e.g., .zip, .pdf) or text (.xml, .txt), without distinction. It streams the file byte-for-byte from the web server exactly as received. This same process applies to web pages: providing a URL typically viewed in a browser downloads the server's delivered HTML to a file.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoHttp
    String sLocalFilePath
    Integer iStatusCode
    String sTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End
    Set ComKeepResponseBody Of hoHttp To True

    // Download a .zip
    Move "/temp/hamlet.zip" To sLocalFilePath
    Get ComDownload Of hoHttp "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.zip" sLocalFilePath To iSuccess
    Get ComLastStatus Of hoHttp To iStatusCode
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        If (iStatusCode = 0) Begin
            // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
            Showln sTemp1
        End
        Else Begin
            // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            Showln "Response status code: " iStatusCode
            // Examine the response body.
            Showln "Response body:"
            Get ComLastResponseBody Of hoHttp To sTemp1
            Showln sTemp1
        End

        Showln "Download failed."

    End
    Else Begin
        Showln "Download success, response status = " iStatusCode
    End

    // Download an XML file:
    Move "/temp/hamlet.xml" To sLocalFilePath
    Get ComDownload Of hoHttp "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml" sLocalFilePath To iSuccess
    // ...
    // Check for errors in the same way as shown above..
    // ...

    Showln "OK!"


End_Procedure