Unicode C

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.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkHttpW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttpW http;
    const wchar_t *str;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
    str = CkHttpW_quickGetStr(http,L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json");
    if (CkHttpW_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%s\n",str);

    str = CkHttpW_quickGetStr(http,L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",str);

    str = CkHttpW_quickGetStr(http,L"https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",str);


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);

    }