(Unicode C) QuickGetObj Example

The QuickGetObj method is called to send a GET request and receive the response as an HttpResponse object.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    int statusCode;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // Send a GET request to download a PDF into an HTTP response object.
    resp = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpNoBody(http,L"GET",L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    // Get the response status
    statusCode = CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp);
    wprintf(L"Response status: %d\n",statusCode);

    // In this example, we want a 200 status code.
    if (statusCode == 200) {
        // Save the response body to a file.
        // Note: This is only for the sake of this example.
        // It's better to call the Download method to download directly to a file.
        success = CkHttpResponseW_SaveBodyBinary(resp,L"qa_output/hello.pdf");
        if (success == FALSE) {
            wprintf(L"Failed to write output file.\n");
        }
        else {
            wprintf(L"Wrote hello.pdf\n");
        }

    }
    else {
        // Perhaps we have response body with an error message..
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));

    }



    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);

    }