Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

HTTP GET with Non-USASCII Query Params

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This example illustrates how query parameters in a URL are typically encoded and transmitted. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

//  First, let's load the string "Grünhöfer GmbH" from a file.  (This is a fictitious company name.)
//  The file uses the utf-8 charset encoding.
Dim sbCompanyName As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbCompanyName.LoadFile("qa_data/txt/companyName.txt","utf-8")
//  Assuming success for this example...

//  We'll send an HTTP GET request to https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name={company name}

//  When sending an HTTP GET request with query parameters that contain accented characters 
//  (e.g., umlauts: ä, ö, ü), they must be percent-encoded (URL encoded) to ensure proper transmission and 
//  interpretation by the server.  This is based on their UTF-8 byte values.
Dim sbUrl As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbUrl.Append("https://chilkatsoft.com/example?company_name=")
success = sbUrl.Append(sbCompanyName.GetEncoded("url","utf-8"))

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

//  Send the following HTTP GET request:

//  GET /example?company_name=Gr%C3%BCnh%C3%B6fer%20GmbH HTTP/1.1
//  Host: chilkatsoft.com
//  Accept: */*
//  Accept-Encoding: gzip

Dim sbResponse As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb(sbUrl.GetAsString(),sbResponse)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("response status code: " + Str(http.LastStatus))
System.DebugLog(sbResponse.GetAsString())