Java

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. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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.
        StringBuilder sbUrl = new StringBuilder();
        sbUrl.append("https://www.example.com/something?");

        // 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".
        sbUrl.append("abc=123&xyz=");

        StringBuilder sbValue = new StringBuilder();
        sbValue.append("this is a test");

        sbUrl.append("msg=");
        sbUrl.append(sbValue.getEncoded("url", "utf-8"));

        // sbUrl contains:  https://www.example.com/something?abc=123&xyz=msg=this%20is%20a%20test
        System.out.println(sbUrl.getAsString());

        // 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)
        Http http = new Http();
        String responseBody;
        try {
            responseBody = http.quickGetStr(sbUrl.getAsString());
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Response Body:");
        System.out.println(responseBody);
    }
}