Xbase++

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.

Xbase++

LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL cStr

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

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

//  Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
cStr := oHttp:QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json")
IF (oHttp:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oHttp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? cStr

cStr := oHttp:QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt")
? cStr

cStr := oHttp:QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml")
? cStr

oHttp:destroy()