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REST Download Binary File to Memory

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Download a binary file to a Chilkat BinData object. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();

    // We're going to download a sample MS-Word doc file.
    // The URLs of our MS-Word sample documents are:

    // https://www.chilkatdownload.com/sample_data/sample.doc
    // https://www.chilkatdownload.com/sample_data/sample.docx

    var pathPartOfUrl = "/sample_data/sample.doc";
    var domain = "chilkatdownload.com";

    var bTls = true;
    var port = 443;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect(domain,port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var bd = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET",pathPartOfUrl,bd);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // A 200 response is expected for actual success.
    // If we don't get a 200 response, then the response body was not actually
    // the file data, but it was text containing error information.
    if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
        var sbErrorText = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
        sbErrorText.AppendBd(bd,"utf-8",0,0);
        console.log(sbErrorText.GetAsString());
        console.log("-- Failed.");
        return;
    }

    // Save to a local file.
    // Change the file path based on your operating system or needs...
    success = bd.WriteFile("c:/temp/qa_output/sample.doc");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("Failed to save to local file.");
        return;
    }

    console.log("REST Download of MS-Word File was successful.");

}

chilkatExample();