(PureBasic) HTTP Download any Type of File (binary or text)

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The Download method can download any file type, whether binary (e.g., .zip, .pdf) or text (.xml, .txt), without distinction. It streams the file byte-for-byte from the web server exactly as received. This same process applies to web pages: providing a URL typically viewed in a browser downloads the server's delivered HTML to a file.

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Chilkat PureBasic Module

IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

    http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
    If http.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkHttp::setCkKeepResponseBody(http, 1)

    ; Download a .zip
    localFilePath.s = "/temp/hamlet.zip"
    success = CkHttp::ckDownload(http,"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.zip",localFilePath)
    statusCode.i = CkHttp::ckLastStatus(http)
    If success = 0
        If statusCode = 0
            ; Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
        Else
            ; We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            Debug "Response status code: " + Str(statusCode)
            ; Examine the response body.
            Debug "Response body:"
            Debug CkHttp::ckLastResponseBody(http)
        EndIf

        Debug "Download failed."

    Else
        Debug "Download success, response status = " + Str(statusCode)
    EndIf

    ; Download an XML file:
    localFilePath = "/temp/hamlet.xml"
    success = CkHttp::ckDownload(http,"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml",localFilePath)
    ; ...
    ; Check for errors in the same way as shown above..
    ; ...

    Debug "OK!"


    CkHttp::ckDispose(http)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure