Java

QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.BinData;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Pdf;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();
        http.setKeepResponseBody(true);

        BinData bd = new BinData();

        // Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
        try {
            http.quickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf", bd);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            // This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
            // or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
            //
            // In other words, success will only be true if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
            int statusCode = http.getLastStatus();
            System.out.println("Response status: " + statusCode);

            if (statusCode == 0) {
                // There was an error in communications.
                System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            } else {
                // We received a response status code indicating failure.
                // Examine the response body.
                System.out.println(http.getLastResponseBody());
            }

            return;
        }

        // Load the downloaded PDF into a Chilkat PDF object.
        Pdf pdf = new Pdf();
        try {
            pdf.loadBd(bd);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // ...

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}