JavaScript

HTTPS GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

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The QuickGetStr method is the simplest way to retrieve a text resource from a web server using an HTTP GET request. The text resource can be HTML, XML, JSON, text, or anything other type of file composed of readable text.

JavaScript

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

var http = new CkHttp();

// Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
var str = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json");
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log(str);

str = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt");
console.log(str);

str = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml");
console.log(str);