VBScript

Example: Http.DownloadAppend method

Demonstrates the DownloadAppend method. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

success = 0

targetPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/download.txt"

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
http.KeepResponseBody = 1

' Assume the target file in the local filesystem does not yet exist.
success = http.DownloadAppend("https://chilkatsoft.com/testData/helloWorld.txt",targetPath)
statusCode = http.LastStatus
If (statusCode = 0) Then
    ' Unable to either send the request or get the response.
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Should be 200.
outFile.WriteLine("Response status code: " & statusCode)

' Examine the contents of the file.
set sb = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = sb.LoadFile(targetPath,"utf-8")
outFile.WriteLine(sb.GetAsString())

' Output: 
' Response status code: 200
' Hello World!

' Download another text file and append to the target file.
success = http.DownloadAppend("https://chilkatsoft.com/testData/this_is_a_test.txt",targetPath)
statusCode = http.LastStatus
If (statusCode = 0) Then
    ' Unable to either send the request or get the response.
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Should be 200.
outFile.WriteLine("Response status code: " & statusCode)

' Examine the contents of the file.
success = sb.LoadFile(targetPath,"utf-8")
outFile.WriteLine(sb.GetAsString())

' Output:
' Response status code: 200
' Hello World!This is a Test.

' Delete the local target file.
set fac = CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
success = fac.FileDelete(targetPath)

' Try to download a file that does not exist:
success = http.DownloadAppend("https://chilkatsoft.com/testData/does_not_exist.txt",targetPath)
statusCode = http.LastStatus
If (statusCode = 0) Then
    ' Unable to either send the request or get the response.
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Else
    ' We got a response, and we already know it wasn't a 200 success response.
    ' It should be a 404 not found.
    outFile.WriteLine("Response status code: " & statusCode)
    ' Examine the response body.
    outFile.WriteLine("Response body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastResponseBody)
End If


outFile.Close