(Unicode C++) REST Download Binary File to Memory

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Download a binary file to a Chilkat BinData object.

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#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkBinDataW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

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

    CkRestW rest;
    bool success;

    // We're going to download a sample MS-Word doc file.
    // The URLs of our MS-Word sample documents are:

    // https://www.chilkatdownload.com/sample_data/sample.doc
    // https://www.chilkatdownload.com/sample_data/sample.docx

    const wchar_t *pathPartOfUrl = L"/sample_data/sample.doc";
    const wchar_t *domain = L"chilkatdownload.com";

    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    bool success = rest.Connect(domain,port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    CkBinDataW bd;
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd(L"GET",pathPartOfUrl,bd);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // A 200 response is expected for actual success.
    // If we don't get a 200 response, then the response body was not actually
    // the file data, but it was text containing error information.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        CkStringBuilderW sbErrorText;
        sbErrorText.AppendBd(bd,L"utf-8",0,0);
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sbErrorText.getAsString());
        wprintf(L"-- Failed.\n");
        return;
    }

    // Save to a local file.
    // Change the file path based on your operating system or needs...
    success = bd.WriteFile(L"c:/temp/qa_output/sample.doc");
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to save to local file.\n");
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"REST Download of MS-Word File was successful.\n");
    }