How to retrieve a file from Internet via HTTP?

Question

I want to download a file from Internet and InternetReadFile seem a good and easy solution at the first glance. Actually, too good to be true. Indeed, digging a bit I have s

Answer 1

I recommend Synapse. It's small, stable and easy-to-use (no need of any external libraries).

Example from httpsend.pas

function HttpGetText(const URL: string; const Response: TStrings): Boolean;
var
  HTTP: THTTPSend;
begin
  HTTP := THTTPSend.Create;
  try
    Result := HTTP.HTTPMethod('GET', URL);
    if Result then
      Response.LoadFromStream(HTTP.Document);
  finally
    HTTP.Free;
  end;
end;