(Swift 2) HTTPS GET Request with Authorization Bearer Header

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Demonstrates how to send an HTTPS GET request with an "Authorization: Bearer " header and get the text response (which could be JSON).

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func chilkatTest() {
    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    let http = CkoHttp()

    // Setting the AuthToken property causes the "Authorization: Bearer <token>" header to be added to each request.
    // Set AuthToken equal to your token without the keyword "Bearer".
    http.AuthToken = "Your access token"

    // Send the GET request and get the response text (assuming you know beforehand that the response will be text, such as JSON, XML, HTML, etc.)
    var responseText: String? = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.example.com/something")
    if http.LastMethodSuccess == false {
        // This means something failed where you did not get an HTTP response.
        print("\(http.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // If you get here, then you received an HTTP response where you can check the response status code, and the responseText will contain
    // the response body.
    print("Response status code = \(http.LastStatus.intValue)")
    if http.LastStatus.intValue != 200 {
        // Probably an error from the server.  Examine the HTTP response body.
        print("\(responseText!)")
        return
    }

    // If you get here, the response status code was the expected value indicating success,
    // if you know the response is JSON, you can load it into a Chilkat JSON object and continue ...
    let json = CkoJsonObject()
    json.EmitCompact = true
    json.Load(responseText)
    print("\(json.Emit())")

    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // ...
    // ...

}