(PowerBuilder) 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 ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Str

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

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
ls_Str = loo_Http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json")
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    return
end if

Write-Debug ls_Str

ls_Str = loo_Http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt")
Write-Debug ls_Str

ls_Str = loo_Http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml")
Write-Debug ls_Str


destroy loo_Http