(Classic ASP) Example: Http.HttpFile method

Shows how to use the HttpFile method to send an HTTP POST request with the contents of a file as the request body. The example sends the following request:

POST /api/v1/sites/123/deploys HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: application/zip
Content-Length: 123456

[binary data bytes of data.zip]

Also see: Chilkat Http Default and Auto-Filled Headers

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

localFilePath = "C:/example/zips/data.zip"
url = "https://example.com/api/v1/sites/123/deploys"

' Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpFile("POST",url,localFilePath,"application/zip",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>