(Objective-C) HTTPS GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

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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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <NSString.h>

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

// Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
NSString *str = [http QuickGetStr: @"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json"];
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",str);

str = [http QuickGetStr: @"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt"];
NSLog(@"%@",str);

str = [http QuickGetStr: @"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml"];
NSLog(@"%@",str);