(Xojo Plugin) HTTPS GET - Download HTML or any Text Content to a String

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.

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

// Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
Dim str As String
str = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog(str)

str = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.txt")
System.DebugLog(str)

str = http.QuickGetStr("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.xml")
System.DebugLog(str)