Lua

Example: Http.DownloadSb method

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Demonstrates the DownloadSb method. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local http = chilkat.Http.new()
http.keep_response_body = true

local sb = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
local success = http:download_sb("https://chilkatsoft.com/testData/helloWorld.txt", "utf-8", sb)

local statusCode = http.last_status
if not success then
    if statusCode == 0 then
        -- Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        print(http.last_error_text)
    else
        -- We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        print("Response status code: " .. statusCode)
        -- Examine the response body.
        print("Response body:")
        print(http.last_response_body)
    end

    print("Download failed.")
else
    print("Download success, response status = " .. statusCode)
    print(sb:get_as_string())
end