Xbase++

HTTP Download any Type of File (binary or text)

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The Download method can download any file type, whether binary (e.g., .zip, .pdf) or text (.xml, .txt), without distinction. It streams the file byte-for-byte from the web server exactly as received. This same process applies to web pages: providing a URL typically viewed in a browser downloads the server's delivered HTML to a file. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL cLocalFilePath
LOCAL nStatusCode

nSuccess := 0

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
oHttp:KeepResponseBody := 1

//  Download a .zip
cLocalFilePath := "/temp/hamlet.zip"
nSuccess := oHttp:Download("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.zip", cLocalFilePath)
nStatusCode := oHttp:LastStatus
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    IF (nStatusCode == 0)
        //  Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    ELSE
        //  We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        ? "Response status code: " + Str(nStatusCode)
        //  Examine the response body.
        ? "Response body:"
        ? oHttp:LastResponseBody
    ENDIF

    ? "Download failed."

ELSE
    ? "Download success, response status = " + Str(nStatusCode)
ENDIF

//  Download an XML file:
cLocalFilePath := "/temp/hamlet.xml"
nSuccess := oHttp:Download("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml", cLocalFilePath)
//  ...
//  Check for errors in the same way as shown above..
//  ...

? "OK!"

oHttp:destroy()