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MedTunnel: Get Message Attachment

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Get a specific attachment of a message. The MessageId and AttachmentId are obtained from the "Get Mailbox Messages" example.

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C
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkBinData bd;
    int respStatusCode;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl -X GET -k 
    //         -H "Authorization:PutAuthorizationTokenHere" 
    //         https://server.medtunnel.com/medtunnelmsg/api/Message/GetAttachment?messageid=989448&attachmentid=424857&setreadflag=false

    // Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
    // Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

    CkHttp_SetRequestHeader(http,"Authorization","PutAuthorizationTokenHere");

    // The messageId and attachmentId are contained in the response from reading the mailbox messages.
    CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,"messageId","989448");
    CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,"attachmentId","424857");
    CkHttp_SetUrlVar(http,"setReadFlag","false");

    // Download the attachment data into bd.
    bd = CkBinData_Create();
    success = CkHttp_QuickGetBd(http,"https://server.medtunnel.com/MedTunnelMsg/api/Message/GetAttachment?messageid={$messageId}&attachmentid={$attachmentId}&setreadflag={$setReadFlag}",bd);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkHttp_getLastStatus(http);
    printf("Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        printf("Response Header:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastHeader(http));
        // For errors, the response body contains an error message instead of the actual attachment data.
        printf("Response Body:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkBinData_getString(bd,"utf-8"));
        printf("Failed.\n");
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    // Save the attachment data.
    // The attachment filename is also contained in the response from reading the mailbox messages.
    success = CkBinData_WriteFile(bd,"qa_output/starfish.jpg");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("Failed to save attachment file.\n");
    }
    else {
        printf("Success.\n");
    }



    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkBinData_Dispose(bd);

    }