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.

#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bTls;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkBinDataW bdResponse;
    BOOL bSaved;

    success = FALSE;

    rest = CkRestW_Create();
    bTls = TRUE;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        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.
    bdResponse = CkBinDataW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestNoBodyBd(rest,L"GET",L"/api/images/1",bdResponse);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bdResponse);
        return;
    }

    bSaved = CkBinDataW_WriteFile(bdResponse,L"qa_output/image.png");
    if (bSaved != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to save the response body.\n");
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bdResponse);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Downloaded %d bytes.\n",CkBinDataW_getNumBytes(bdResponse));


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bdResponse);

    }