(C# UWP/WinRT) 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.

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
Chilkat.BinData bd = new Chilkat.BinData();

// Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
bool success = await http.QuickGetBdAsync("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.LastStatus;
    Debug.WriteLine("Response status: " + Convert.ToString(statusCode));

    if (statusCode == 0) {
        // There was an error in communications.  
        Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    }
    else {
        // We received a response status code indicating failure.
        // Examine the response body.
        Debug.WriteLine(http.LastResponseBody);
    }

    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) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to write output file.");
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("Wrote hello.pdf");
}