Swift

HTTPS GET URL with URL Encoded Query Params

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

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

    // 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.
    let sbUrl = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbUrl.append(value: "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(value: "abc=123&xyz=")

    let sbValue = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbValue.append(value: "this is a test")

    sbUrl.append(value: "msg=")
    sbUrl.append(value: sbValue.getEncoded(encoding: "url", charset: "utf-8"))

    // sbUrl contains:  https://www.example.com/something?abc=123&xyz=msg=this%20is%20a%20test
    print("\(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)
    let http = CkoHttp()!
    var responseBody: String? = http.quickGetStr(url: sbUrl.getAsString())
    if http.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Response Body:")
    print("\(responseBody!)")

}