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HTTP GET with Non-USASCII Query Params

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This example illustrates how query parameters in a URL are typically encoded and transmitted. PowerShell

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

$success = $false

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

# First, let's load the string "Grünhöfer GmbH" from a file.  (This is a fictitious company name.)
# The file uses the utf-8 charset encoding.
$sbCompanyName = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sbCompanyName.LoadFile("qa_data/txt/companyName.txt","utf-8")
# Assuming success for this example...

# We'll send an HTTP GET request to https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name={company name}

# When sending an HTTP GET request with query parameters that contain accented characters 
# (e.g., umlauts: ä, ö, ü), they must be percent-encoded (URL encoded) to ensure proper transmission and 
# interpretation by the server.  This is based on their UTF-8 byte values.
$sbUrl = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbUrl.Append("https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name=")
$sbUrl.Append($sbCompanyName.GetEncoded("url","utf-8"))

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Send the following HTTP GET request:

# GET /example?company_name=Gr%C3%BCnh%C3%B6fer%20GmbH HTTP/1.1
# Host: chilkatsoft.com
# Accept: */*
# Accept-Encoding: gzip

$sbResponse = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $http.QuickGetSb($sbUrl.GetAsString(),$sbResponse)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("response status code: " + $http.LastStatus)
$($sbResponse.GetAsString())