(Visual Basic 6.0) Example: Http.QuickGet method

Demonstrates the QuickGet method.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
http.KeepResponseBody = 1

' This URL is valid and can be tested...
Dim zipBytes() As Byte
zipBytes = http.QuickGet("https://chilkatdownload.com/example_data/hamlet.zip")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (http.LastStatus <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Response status code: " & http.LastStatus
    Debug.Print http.LastResponseBody
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

' Open the zip from the bytes contained in bd.
success = zip.OpenFromMemory(zipBytes)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Get the entry for the file we want..
Dim entry As New ChilkatZipEntry
success = zip.EntryOf("hamlet.xml",entry)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Convert all line endings to CRLF (if needed)
Dim lineEndingBehavior As Long
lineEndingBehavior = 2
Dim xmlStr As String
xmlStr = entry.UnzipToString(lineEndingBehavior,"utf-8")
If (entry.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print entry.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' The XML in this case is about 274K, so let's just examine the last 20 lines...
Dim sb As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = sb.Append(xmlStr)

Debug.Print sb.LastNLines(20,1)