DataFlex

HTTP Response Inspection

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Demonstrates how to inspect the HTTP response, including the status code, status text, and response headers, for Chilkat methods that don't use an HttpResponse object. DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    String sJsonText
    Handle hoMime
    Boolean iSuccess
    Integer iNumHeaders
    Integer i
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

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

    // Returns the contents of the response body.
    Get ComQuickGetStr Of hoHttp "https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json" To sJsonText

    // Examine the response status code.
    Get ComLastStatus Of hoHttp To iTemp1
    Showln "response status code: " iTemp1

    // Examine the response status text
    Get ComLastStatusText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
    Showln "response status text: " sTemp1

    // Examine the full response header.
    Showln "response header:"
    Get ComLastResponseHeader Of hoHttp To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1
    Showln "----"

    // Examine the response content-type
    Get ComLastContentType Of hoHttp To sTemp1
    Showln "LastContentType = " sTemp1

    // Examine the response last-mod date
    Get ComLastModDate Of hoHttp To sTemp1
    Showln "LastModDate = " sTemp1

    // Load the response header into a Chilkat MIME object to access its fields individually.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatMime)) To hoMime
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoMime))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoMime
    End
    Get ComLastResponseHeader Of hoHttp To sTemp1
    Get ComLoadMime Of hoMime sTemp1 To iSuccess

    Get ComNumHeaderFields Of hoMime To iNumHeaders
    Move 0 To i
    Showln "---- MIME Headers ----"
    While (i < iNumHeaders)
        Get ComGetHeaderFieldName Of hoMime i To sTemp1
        Showln "name:  " sTemp1
        Get ComGetHeaderFieldValue Of hoMime i To sTemp1
        Showln "value: " sTemp1
        Move (i + 1) To i
    Loop

    Showln "----"

    // Get a header field value by name:
    Get ComGetHeaderField Of hoMime "ETag" To sTemp1
    Showln "ETag: " sTemp1

    // 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"


End_Procedure