(PowerShell) QuickGetBd Example

The QuickGetBd method is called to send a GET request to download a binary target, such as PDF, zip, image file, etc. into a Chilkat BinData object.

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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.

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
$bd = New-Object Chilkat.BinData

# Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
$success = $http.QuickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",$bd)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    # This will happen if the response status code was 400 or greater,
    # or if the request could not be sent, or if no response was received.
    # 
    # In other words, success will only be $true if bd contains the desired content at the URL (not an error response).
    $statusCode = $http.LastStatus
    $("Response status: " + $statusCode)

    if ($statusCode -eq 0) {
        # There was an error in communications.  
        $($http.LastErrorText)
    }
    else {
        # We received a response status code indicating failure.
        # Examine the response body.
        $($http.LastResponseBody)
    }

    exit
}

# Save the contents of bd to a file.
# Note: This is only for the sake of this example.
# It's better to call the Download method to download directly to a file.
$success = $bd.WriteFile("qa_output/hello.pdf")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $("Failed to write output file.")
}
else {
    $("Wrote hello.pdf")
}