(PowerShell) HTTPS GET URL with URL Encoded Query Params

Creates a URL with URL encoded query params, and sends an HTTPS GET to the URL.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

# Create a URL with URL-encoded query params.
$sbUrl = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbUrl.Append("https://www.example.com/something?")

# If we know a query param value does not have any special chars requiring URL encoding,
# just add it.  In this case, there is no need to URL encode "123" because "123" url encoded is still just "123".
$sbUrl.Append("abc=123&xyz=")

$sbValue = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbValue.Append("this is a test")

$sbUrl.Append("msg=")
$sbUrl.Append($sbValue.GetEncoded("url","utf-8"))

# sbUrl contains:  https://www.example.com/something?abc=123&xyz=msg=this%20is%20a%20test
$($sbUrl.GetAsString())

# Send the GET request and get the response body, which is assumed to be text of some sort (HTML, XML, JSON, etc.)
# (Chilkat automatically decompresses gzipped responses)
$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
$responseBody = $http.QuickGetStr($sbUrl.GetAsString())
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Response Body:")
$($responseBody)