Unicode C

QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object. Unicode C

#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>
#include <C_CkPdfW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkBinDataW bd;
    int statusCode;
    HCkPdfW pdf;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();
    CkHttpW_putKeepResponseBody(http,TRUE);

    bd = CkBinDataW_Create();

    //  Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
    success = CkHttpW_QuickGetBd(http,L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",bd);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        //  This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
        //  or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
        //  
        //  In other words, success will only be TRUE if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
        statusCode = CkHttpW_getLastStatus(http);
        wprintf(L"Response status: %d\n",statusCode);

        if (statusCode == 0) {
            //  There was an error in communications.  
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        }
        else {
            //  We received a response status code indicating failure.
            //  Examine the response body.
            wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastResponseBody(http));
        }

        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    //  Load the downloaded PDF into a Chilkat PDF object.
    pdf = CkPdfW_Create();
    success = CkPdfW_LoadBd(pdf,bd);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkPdfW_lastErrorText(pdf));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
        CkPdfW_Dispose(pdf);
        return;
    }

    //  ...

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
    CkPdfW_Dispose(pdf);

    }