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HTTPS GET Request with Authorization Bearer Header

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTPS GET request with an "Authorization: Bearer " header and get the text response (which could be JSON).

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Node.js
NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    // Setting the AuthToken property causes the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header to be added to each request.
    // Set AuthToken equal to your token without the keyword "Bearer".
    http.AuthToken = "Your access token";

    // Send the GET request and get the response text (assuming you know beforehand that the response will be text, such as JSON, XML, HTML, etc.)
    var responseText = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.example.com/something");
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        // This means something failed where you did not get an HTTP response.
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // If you get here, then you received an HTTP response where you can check the response status code, and the responseText will contain
    // the response body.
    console.log("Response status code = " + http.LastStatus);
    if (http.LastStatus !== 200) {
        // Probably an error from the server.  Examine the HTTP response body.
        console.log(responseText);
        return;
    }

    // If you get here, the response status code was the expected value indicating success,
    // if you know the response is JSON, you can load it into a Chilkat JSON object and continue ...
    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.EmitCompact = true;
    json.Load(responseText);
    console.log(json.Emit());

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // ...
    // ...

}

chilkatExample();