Tcl

HTTPS GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

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The QuickGetStr method is the simplest way to retrieve a text resource from a web server using an HTTP GET request. The text resource can be HTML, XML, JSON, text, or anything other type of file composed of readable text.

Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

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

set http [new_CkHttp]

# Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
set str [CkHttp_quickGetStr $http "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json"]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    exit
}

puts "$str"

set str [CkHttp_quickGetStr $http "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt"]
puts "$str"

set str [CkHttp_quickGetStr $http "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml"]
puts "$str"

delete_CkHttp $http