Replace HTTPSecureSocket with URLConnection

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c = win_Main.txta_WebSrc.Text.NthField("<meta Property=""og:image"" content=", 2).NthField( "/>", 1)

This code gets a image from the web site and works fine

Var ht As New HTTPSecureSocket

Var f As New FolderItem

Var b As Boolean

f = New FolderItem("image.jpg",FolderItem.PathModes.Native, False)

ht.Yield = True

If c <> "" Then b = ht.Get(c, f, 320)

but this code gives me a ‘Request url is not well-formed.’ error

Var ht As New URLConnection

Var f As FolderItem

f = New FolderItem("image.jpg",FolderItem.PathModes.Native, False)

ht.AllowCertificateValidation = False

If c <> "" Then ht.Send("Get", c , f, 320)

What am I missing?

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What does the URL in c look like?

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41-SNWJmcYL.SL210.jpg

This works with HTTPSecureSocket and with Safari
Its a image of a audiobook cover

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Maybe your parsing code to calculate c is not doing what you expect? This code worked for me and downloaded the image:

Var c As String = "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41-SNWJmcYL.SL210.jpg"


Var f As FolderItem
f = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("image.jpg")

Var ht As New URLConnection
ht.AllowCertificateValidation = False

If c <> "" Then ht.Send("GET", c , f, 320)

If you want to match the HTTPSecureSocket code you might want to use SendSync instead:

If c <> "" Then ht.SendSync("GET", c , f, 320)
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Your correct, I’ll have to play with c and find out what the problem is.

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Maybe it should be “GET” instead of “Get”?

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I was wondering about that, too