Download a Binary REST Response into BinData

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd, which sends a request with no body and stores the binary response body in a BinData.

The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
    var bTls = true;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory.  Absolute paths
    //  may also be used.  Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

    //  FullRequestNoBodyBd sends a request with no body and stores the binary response body in a
    //  BinData.  This is appropriate when the response is binary, such as an image or file download.
    var bdResponse = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET","/api/images/1",bdResponse);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var bSaved = bdResponse.WriteFile("qa_output/image.png");
    if (bSaved !== true) {
        console.log("Failed to save the response body.");
        return;
    }

    console.log("Downloaded " + bdResponse.NumBytes + " bytes.");

}

chilkatExample();