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.

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim bTls As Long
bTls = 1
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  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.
Dim bdResponse As New ChilkatBinData
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET","/api/images/1",bdResponse)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim bSaved As Long
bSaved = bdResponse.WriteFile("qa_output/image.png")
If (bSaved <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to save the response body."
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Downloaded " & bdResponse.NumBytes & " bytes."