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HTTPS GET URL with URL Encoded Query Params

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Creates a URL with URL encoded query params, and sends an HTTPS GET to the URL. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    // Create a URL with URL-encoded query params.
    const sb_url = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_url.deinit();
    sb_url.append("https://www.example.com/something?") catch {};

    // If we know a query param value does not have any special chars requiring URL encoding,
    // just add it.  In this case, there is no need to URL encode "123" because "123" url encoded is still just "123".
    sb_url.append("abc=123&xyz=") catch {};

    const sb_value = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_value.deinit();
    sb_value.append("this is a test") catch {};

    sb_url.append("msg=") catch {};
    sb_url.append(try sb_value.getEncoded(alloc, "url", "utf-8")) catch {};

    // sbUrl contains:  https://www.example.com/something?abc=123&xyz=msg=this%20is%20a%20test
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb_url.getAsString(alloc)});

    // Send the GET request and get the response body, which is assumed to be text of some sort (HTML, XML, JSON, etc.)
    // (Chilkat automatically decompresses gzipped responses)
    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();
    const response_body = http.quickGetStr(alloc, try sb_url.getAsString(alloc)) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("Response Body:\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{response_body});
}