(CkPython) 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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import sys
import chilkat

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()
bd = chilkat.CkBinData()

# Download the contents of a PDF file into the bd object.
success = http.QuickGetBd("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hello.pdf",bd)
if (success == 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.get_LastStatus()
    print("Response status: " + str(statusCode))

    if (statusCode == 0):
        # There was an error in communications.  
        print(http.lastErrorText())
    else:
        # We received a response status code indicating failure.
        # Examine the response body.
        print(http.lastResponseBody())

    sys.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 == False):
    print("Failed to write output file.")
else:
    print("Wrote hello.pdf")