(DataFlex) QuickGetObj Example

The QuickGetObj method is called to send a GET request and receive the response as an HttpResponse object.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    Integer iStatusCode
    Boolean iSuccess
    String sTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // Send a GET request to download a PDF into an HTTP response object.
    Get ComQuickGetObj Of hoHttp "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf" To vResp
    If (IsComObject(vResp)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
        Set pvComObject Of hoResp To vResp
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHttp To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        // This will happen if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Get the response status
    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iStatusCode
    Showln "Response status: " iStatusCode

    // In this example, we want a 200 status code.
    If (iStatusCode = 200) Begin
        // Save the response body 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.
        Get ComSaveBodyBinary Of hoResp "qa_output/hello.pdf" To iSuccess
        If (iSuccess = False) Begin
            Showln "Failed to write output file."
        End
        Else Begin
            Showln "Wrote hello.pdf"
        End

    End
    Else Begin
        // Perhaps we have response body with an error message..
        Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1

    End

    Send Destroy of hoResp


End_Procedure