InetRead() - inconsistent results

[iCode]

I'm getting inconsistent results with InetRead/_INetGetSource and wondering why

The problem seems to be specific to certain websites, in this instance rt.com

Here's the sample code...

#include <Inet.au3>

$url = "http://rt.com/news/ukraine-right-sector-militants-210/"
$str = InetRead($url, 3)
;$str = _INetGetSource($url, True)
ConsoleWrite("@error=" & @error & @LF)
ConsoleWrite(BinaryToString($str, 4) & @LF)
;ConsoleWrite($str & @LF)

Without changing anything at all, sometimes InetRead() will return a string, and sometimes it doesn't

@error is always 0 either way

When it doesn't return the expected string, it returns "US?BS", which is actually  some sort of encoded character(s) i believe

I've tried using BinaryToString() with 1, 2, 3 and 4 and though i've never gotten a string with 2 and 3, i have with 1 and 4, but again, the results are not consistent - sometimes it will return the expected string several times in a row, and then it won't for several times in a row

I think it would be better in my case to not depend on IE since i need reliable results, so if anyone has any suggestions for downloading a file via http/https, i'd appreciate it. I am aware of wget for windows, but if there is a self-contained executable without the dependencies, i would prefer that

[water]

Have you tried

$str = InetRead($url, 1)

because as you do not use HTTPS there is no need to ignore SSL erros. Edited February 24, 2014 by water

[iCode]

I just tried it and it makes no difference