(C) HTTPS GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

The QuickGetStr method is the simplest way to retrieve a text resource from a web server using an HTTP GET request. The text resource can be HTML, XML, JSON, text, or anything other type of file composed of readable text.

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#include <C_CkHttp.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    const char *str;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    // Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
    str = CkHttp_quickGetStr(http,"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json");
    if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    printf("%s\n",str);

    str = CkHttp_quickGetStr(http,"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt");
    printf("%s\n",str);

    str = CkHttp_quickGetStr(http,"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml");
    printf("%s\n",str);


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);

    }