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multipart/form-data HTTP POST

Demonstrates how to construct and send a multipart/form-data HTTP POST.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    //  Sends the following multipart/form-data POST:

    //  POST /xyz/something HTTP/1.1
    //  Host: domain
    //  Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------090708030009010000030901
    //  Content-Length: 2220
    //  
    //  --------------090708030009010000030901
    //  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param1"
    //  
    //  value1
    //  --------------090708030009010000030901
    //  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param2"
    //  
    //  value2
    //  --------------090708030009010000030901
    //  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="starfish20"; filename="starfish20.jpg"
    //  Content-Type: image/jpeg
    //  
    //  JPEG DATA HERE...
    //  --------------090708030009010000030901
    //  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="helloWorld"; filename="helloWorld.pdf"
    //  Content-Type: application/pdf
    //  
    //  PDF DATA HERE...
    //  --------------090708030009010000030901
    //  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="tinyA"; filename="tinyA.xml"
    //  Content-Type: text/xml
    //  
    //  XML DATA HERE...
    //  --------------090708030009010000030901--
    //  

    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data");
    req.put_Path("/xyz/something");

    req.AddParam("param1","value1");
    req.AddParam("param2","value2");

    //  Add some small files to the request. (Small so we can see what the full request looks like without too much data..)
    CkBinData bd = new CkBinData();
    success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish20.jpg");
    req.AddBdForUpload("starfish20","starfish20.jpg",bd,"image/jpeg");

    success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf");
    req.AddBdForUpload("helloWorld","helloWorld.pdf",bd,"application/pdf");

    success = bd.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/tinyA.xml");
    req.AddBdForUpload("tinyA","tinyA.xml",bd,"text/xml");

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSReq("example.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "HTTP response status: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    Log.i(TAG, "Received:");
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}