(Unicode C) 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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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttpW http;
    const wchar_t *responseText;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // 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".
    CkHttpW_putAuthToken(http,L"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.)
    responseText = CkHttpW_quickGetStr(http,L"https://www.example.com/something");
    if (CkHttpW_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        // This means something failed where you did not get an HTTP response.
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        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.
    wprintf(L"Response status code = %d\n",CkHttpW_getLastStatus(http));
    if (CkHttpW_getLastStatus(http) != 200) {
        // Probably an error from the server.  Examine the HTTP response body.
        wprintf(L"%s\n",responseText);
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        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 ...
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(json,TRUE);
    CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,responseText);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(json));

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

    // ...
    // ...


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);

    }