(Perl) 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.

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
$str = $http->quickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json");
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $str . "\r\n";

$str = $http->quickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt");
print $str . "\r\n";

$str = $http->quickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml");
print $str . "\r\n";