Visual Basic 6.0
" header and get the text response (which could be JSON).
Visual Basic 6.0
HTTPS GET Request with Authorization Bearer Header
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Demonstrates how to send an HTTPS GET request with an "Authorization: BearerChilkat Visual Basic 6.0 Downloads
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
' Setting the AuthToken property causes the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header to be added to each request.
' Set AuthToken equal to your token without the keyword "Bearer".
http.AuthToken = "Your access token"
' Send the GET request and get the response text (assuming you know beforehand that the response will be text, such as JSON, XML, HTML, etc.)
Dim responseText As String
responseText = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.example.com/something")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
' This means something failed where you did not get an HTTP response.
Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
Exit Sub
End If
' If you get here, then you received an HTTP response where you can check the response status code, and the responseText will contain
' the response body.
Debug.Print "Response status code = " & http.LastStatus
If (http.LastStatus <> 200) Then
' Probably an error from the server. Examine the HTTP response body.
Debug.Print responseText
Exit Sub
End If
' If you get here, the response status code was the expected value indicating success,
' if you know the response is JSON, you can load it into a Chilkat JSON object and continue ...
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
json.EmitCompact = 1
success = json.Load(responseText)
Debug.Print json.Emit()
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON
' ...
' ...