(Unicode C++) Download Image (JPG, GIF, etc.) to Base64

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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkBinDataW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttpW http;
    http.put_KeepResponseBody(true);

    CkBinDataW bd;

    success = http.DownloadBd(L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg",bd);
    int statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    if (success == false) {
        if (statusCode == 0) {
            // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        }
        else {
            // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            wprintf(L"Response status code: %d\n",statusCode);
            // Examine the response body.
            wprintf(L"Response body:\n");
            wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastResponseBody());
        }

        wprintf(L"Download failed.\n");

    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Download success, response status = %d\n",statusCode);

        const wchar_t *base64_image_data = bd.getEncoded(L"base64");
        wprintf(L"image data in base64 format:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",base64_image_data);
    }
    }