(C++) QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object.

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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkBinData.h>

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

    CkHttp http;
    CkBinData bd;

    // Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
    bool success = http.QuickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",bd);
    if (success == false) {
        // This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
        // or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
        // 
        // In other words, success will only be true if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
        int statusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
        std::cout << "Response status: " << statusCode << "\r\n";

        if (statusCode == 0) {
            // There was an error in communications.  
            std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        }
        else {
            // We received a response status code indicating failure.
            // Examine the response body.
            std::cout << http.lastResponseBody() << "\r\n";
        }

        return;
    }

    // Save the contents of bd 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 = bd.WriteFile("qa_output/hello.pdf");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << "Failed to write output file." << "\r\n";
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "Wrote hello.pdf" << "\r\n";
    }
    }