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HTTP GET request in QB64.
IF Download("www.qb64.org/favicon.ico", "favicon.ico", 10) THEN ' timelimit = 10 seconds
SCREEN _LOADIMAGE("favicon.ico", 32)
ELSE: PRINT "Couldn't download image."
END IF
SLEEP
SYSTEM
' ---------- program end -----------
FUNCTION Download (url$, file$, timelimit) ' returns -1 if successful, 0 if not
url2$ = url$
x = INSTR(url2$, "/")
IF x THEN url2$ = LEFT$(url$, x - 1)
client = _OPENCLIENT("TCP/IP:80:" + url2$)
IF client = 0 THEN EXIT FUNCTION
e$ = CHR$(13) + CHR$(10) ' end of line characters
url3$ = RIGHT$(url$, LEN(url$) - x + 1)
x$ = "GET " + url3$ + " HTTP/1.1" + e$
x$ = x$ + "Host: " + url2$ + e$ + e$
PUT #client, , x$
t! = TIMER ' start time
DO
_DELAY 0.05 ' 50ms delay (20 checks per second)
GET #client, , a2$
a$ = a$ + a2$
i = INSTR(a$, "Content-Length:")
IF i THEN
i2 = INSTR(i, a$, e$)
IF i2 THEN
l = VAL(MID$(a$, i + 15, i2 - i -14))
i3 = INSTR(i2, a$, e$ + e$)
IF i3 THEN
i3 = i3 + 4 'move i3 to start of data
IF (LEN(a$) - i3 + 1) = l THEN
CLOSE client ' CLOSE CLIENT
d$ = MID$(a$, i3, l)
fh = FREEFILE
OPEN file$ FOR OUTPUT AS #fh: CLOSE #fh ' erase existing file?
OPEN file$ FOR BINARY AS #fh
PUT #fh, , d$
CLOSE #fh
Download = -1 'indicates download was successfull
EXIT FUNCTION
END IF ' availabledata = l
END IF ' i3
END IF ' i2
END IF ' i
LOOP UNTIL TIMER > t! + timelimit ' (in seconds)
CLOSE client
END FUNCTION
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