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Download a Zip from a URL and OpenBd. (No .zip file is created)

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Demonstrates how to download a .zip from a URL, opens the Zip, and gets the contents of a file. No file is ever written. Go

    success := false

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

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    bd := chilkat.NewBinData()

    // This URL is valid and can be tested...
    success = http.QuickGetBd("https://chilkatdownload.com/example_data/hamlet.zip",bd)
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        bd.DisposeBinData()
        return
    }

    zip := chilkat.NewZip()

    // Open the zip from the bytes contained in bd.
    success = zip.OpenBd(bd)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        bd.DisposeBinData()
        zip.DisposeZip()
        return
    }

    // Get the entry for the file we want..
    entry := chilkat.NewZipEntry()
    success = zip.EntryOf("hamlet.xml",entry)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        bd.DisposeBinData()
        zip.DisposeZip()
        entry.DisposeZipEntry()
        return
    }

    // Convert all line endings to CRLF (if needed)
    lineEndingBehavior := 2
    xmlStr := entry.UnzipToString(lineEndingBehavior,"utf-8")
    if entry.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(entry.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        bd.DisposeBinData()
        zip.DisposeZip()
        entry.DisposeZipEntry()
        return
    }

    // The XML in this case is about 274K, so let's just examine the last 20 lines...
    sb := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sb.Append(*xmlStr)

    fmt.Println(*sb.LastNLines(20,true))

    http.DisposeHttp()
    bd.DisposeBinData()
    zip.DisposeZip()
    entry.DisposeZipEntry()
    sb.DisposeStringBuilder()