(C) QuickGetObj Example

The QuickGetObj method is called to send a GET request and receive the response as an HttpResponse object.

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#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;
    int statusCode;
    BOOL success;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    // Send a GET request to download a PDF into an HTTP response object.
    resp = CkHttp_QuickGetObj(http,"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf");
    if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        // This will happen if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    // Get the response status
    statusCode = CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp);
    printf("Response status: %d\n",statusCode);

    // In this example, we want a 200 status code.
    if (statusCode == 200) {
        // Save the response body to a file.
        // Note: This is only for the sake of this example.
        // It's better to call the Download method to download directly to a file.
        success = CkHttpResponse_SaveBodyBinary(resp,"qa_output/hello.pdf");
        if (success == FALSE) {
            printf("Failed to write output file.\n");
        }
        else {
            printf("Wrote hello.pdf\n");
        }

    }
    else {
        // Perhaps we have response body with an error message..
        printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));

    }

    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);

    }