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Lua

Example: Http.QuickGetStr method

Demonstrates the QuickGetStr method.

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

-- Keep the response body if there's an error.
http.keep_response_body = true

-- Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
local str = http:quick_get_str("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json")
if not http.last_method_success then
    if http.last_status == 0 then
        -- Communications error.  We did not get a response.
        print(http.last_error_text)
    else
        print("Response status code: " .. http.last_status)
        print("Response body error text:")
        print(http.last_response_body)
    end

    return
end

print(str)
print("Success")