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Download Image (JPG, GIF, etc.) to Base64

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Demonstrates how to download an image, or any type of file, to get the data in base64 encoding format. Zig

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

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

    var success: bool = false;

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

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();
    http.setKeepResponseBody(true);

    const bd = try chilkat.BinData.init();
    defer bd.deinit();

    success = if (http.downloadBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg", bd)) true else |_| false;
    const status_code = http.getLastStatus();
    if (!success) {
        if (status_code == 0) {
            // Unable to either send the request or get the response.
            std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        } else {
            // We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
            std.debug.print("Response status code: {d}\n", .{status_code});
            // Examine the response body.
            std.debug.print("Response body:\n", .{});
            std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastResponseBody(alloc)});
        }

        std.debug.print("Download failed.\n", .{});
    } else {
        std.debug.print("Download success, response status = {d}\n", .{status_code});

        const base64_image_data = try bd.getEncoded(alloc, "base64");
        std.debug.print("image data in base64 format:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{base64_image_data});
    }
}