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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.

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
lcStr = loHttp.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json")
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    return
endif

? lcStr

lcStr = loHttp.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt")
? lcStr

lcStr = loHttp.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml")
? lcStr


release loHttp