(Java) HTTP Response Inspection

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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[])
  {
    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

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

    // Examine the response status code.
    System.out.println("response status code: " + http.get_LastStatus());

    // Examine the response status text
    System.out.println("response status text: " + http.lastStatusText());

    // Examine the full response header.
    System.out.println("response header:");
    System.out.println(http.lastResponseHeader());
    System.out.println("----");

    // Examine the response content-type
    System.out.println("LastContentType = " + http.lastContentType());

    // Examine the response last-mod date
    System.out.println("LastModDate = " + http.lastModDate());

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

    int numHeaders = mime.get_NumHeaderFields();
    int i = 0;
    System.out.println("---- MIME Headers ----");
    while (i < numHeaders) {
        System.out.println("name:  " + mime.getHeaderFieldName(i));
        System.out.println("value: " + mime.getHeaderFieldValue(i));
        i = i+1;
        }

    System.out.println("----");

    // Get a header field value by name:
    System.out.println("ETag: " + mime.getHeaderField("ETag"));

    // 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"
  }
}