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HTTPS GET Request with Authorization Bearer Header
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Demonstrates how to send an HTTPS GET request with an "Authorization: BearerChilkat Xbase++ Downloads
LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL cResponseText
LOCAL oJson
nSuccess := 0
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
// 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".
oHttp:AuthToken := "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.)
cResponseText := oHttp:QuickGetStr("https://www.example.com/something")
IF (oHttp:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
// This means something failed where you did not get an HTTP response.
? oHttp:LastErrorText
oHttp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// 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.
? "Response status code = " + Str(oHttp:LastStatus)
IF (oHttp:LastStatus != 200)
// Probably an error from the server. Examine the HTTP response body.
? cResponseText
oHttp:destroy()
RETURN
ENDIF
// 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 ...
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:EmitCompact := 1
oJson:Load(cResponseText)
? oJson:Emit()
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON
// ...
// ...
oHttp:destroy()
oJson:destroy()