PowerBuilder

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.

PowerBuilder

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
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