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QuickGetObj Example

The QuickGetObj method is called to send a GET request and receive the response as an HttpResponse object.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    //  Send a GET request to download a PDF into an HTTP response object.
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpNoBody("GET","https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Get the response status
    int statusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    System.out.println("Response status: " + statusCode);

    //  In this example, we want a 200 status code.
    if (statusCode == 200) {
        //  Save the response body to a file.
        //  Note: This is only for the sake of this example.
        //  It's better to call the Download method to download directly to a file.
        success = resp.SaveBodyBinary("qa_output/hello.pdf");
        if (success == false) {
            System.out.println("Failed to write output file.");
            }
        else {
            System.out.println("Wrote hello.pdf");
            }

        }
    else {
        //  Perhaps we have response body with an error message..
        System.out.println(resp.bodyStr());

        }
  }
}