(C#) HTTPS GET URL with URL Encoded Query Params

Creates a URL with URL encoded query params, and sends an HTTPS GET to the URL.

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

bool success;

// Create a URL with URL-encoded query params.
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbUrl = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbUrl.Append("https://www.example.com/something?");

// If we know a query param value does not have any special chars requiring URL encoding,
// just add it.  In this case, there is no need to URL encode "123" because "123" url encoded is still just "123".
sbUrl.Append("abc=123&xyz=");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbValue = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbValue.Append("this is a test");

sbUrl.Append("msg=");
sbUrl.Append(sbValue.GetEncoded("url","utf-8"));

// sbUrl contains:  https://www.example.com/something?abc=123&xyz=msg=this%20is%20a%20test
Debug.WriteLine(sbUrl.GetAsString());

// Send the GET request and get the response body, which is assumed to be text of some sort (HTML, XML, JSON, etc.)
// (Chilkat automatically decompresses gzipped responses)
Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
string responseBody = http.QuickGetStr(sbUrl.GetAsString());
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(responseBody);