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HTTP GET with Non-USASCII Query Params

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This example illustrates how query parameters in a URL are typically encoded and transmitted. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

; First, let's load the string "Grünhöfer GmbH" from a file.  (This is a fictitious company name.)
; The file uses the utf-8 charset encoding.
$oSbCompanyName = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oSbCompanyName.LoadFile("qa_data/txt/companyName.txt","utf-8")
; Assuming success for this example...

; We'll send an HTTP GET request to https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name={company name}

; When sending an HTTP GET request with query parameters that contain accented characters 
; (e.g., umlauts: ä, ö, ü), they must be percent-encoded (URL encoded) to ensure proper transmission and 
; interpretation by the server.  This is based on their UTF-8 byte values.
$oSbUrl = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbUrl.Append("https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name=")
$oSbUrl.Append($oSbCompanyName.GetEncoded("url","utf-8"))

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

; Send the following HTTP GET request:

; GET /example?company_name=Gr%C3%BCnh%C3%B6fer%20GmbH HTTP/1.1
; Host: chilkatsoft.com
; Accept: */*
; Accept-Encoding: gzip

$oSbResponse = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.QuickGetSb($oSbUrl.GetAsString(),$oSbResponse)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("response status code: " & $oHttp.LastStatus & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oSbResponse.GetAsString() & @CRLF)