(Ruby) Add Custom Header to HTTP GET

Demonstrates how to add a custom HTTP request header to an HTTP GET. This is not a request parameter, but is a header added to the MIME header of the HTTP request.

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require 'chilkat'

# All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
# by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
chilkatGlob = Chilkat::CkGlobal.new()
success = chilkatGlob.UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if (success != true)
    print chilkatGlob.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

# Add a custom header.  The MIME field name is "X-CSRF-Token", and the 
# header field value is "Fetch".
http.SetRequestHeader("X-CSRF-Token","Fetch")

# Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.

html = http.quickGetStr("http://www.galapagos.org/")

print html + "\n";