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HTTP multipart-mixed POST (for a UPS Package Level Detail PLD Request)

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Demonstrates how to create a POST for a UPS Package Level Detail PLD Request. The request must be a multipart-mixed request having two sub-parts. The first is a application/x-www-form-urlencoded with name=value URL encoded pairs. The second is a application/x-ups-binary containing a UPS PLD request.

The HTTP request created by this example looks like this:

POST /hapld/tos/kdwhapltos HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=------------050801040202040701030308
Host: domain
Content-Length: 658

--------------050801040202040701030308
Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-length: 134

AppVersion=1.0&AcceptUPSLicenseAgreement=YES&VersionNumber=V4R1&UserId=myUser&Password=myPassword&ResponseType=application/x-ups-pld

--------------050801040202040701030308
Content-type: application/x-ups-binary
Content-length: 721

020094 2014041500000594196532600 000000001*AAV0Y203 DE 5941965326000001*BA1ZV0Y2036650001829 00001+0000000000000012 +0000000000000000KGS07COL10 3CMEUR000001*CA18TC239 AOK Bahnhofstr. Dresden 01099 DE *EAEVS+000000000000104200EUR*PA1ZV0Y2036650001829 02+0000012 +0000000+00000000+00000000+00000000*SA000005

--------------050801040202040701030308--

The HTTP response (if successful) is multipart MIME as shown below. This example will extract the response content using the Chilkat MIME API.
Content-type: text/html
Content-length: 138

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>UPS Internet Software</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>UPS Internet Software, Copyright UPS 1998</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

--BOUNDARY
Content-type: application/x-ups-psmpld
Content-length: 104

UPSOnLine%1.0%0000%0000Successful completion - No errors found.                                    

--BOUNDARY
Content-type: application/x-ups-pld
Content-length: 800

000200000787300000640 KDGPLCR1                   United Parcel Service                      09/06/16  Page:1                    Test PLD Control Report                     05:44 PM                                                                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pickup Date:20030813 Sequence#:000005900000002 #of Segments:000000000000000005                                                                                                                                                                  Shipper#:0TEST0     Book/Page#:5900000002 Shipments:000001 Packages:0000000001 10000012900000000Successful completion - No errors found.                                        
!!! Test Upload !!!
File Uploaded: n/a

--BOUNDARY--

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oReq = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpRequest")

; The ContentType, HttpVerb, and Path properties should
; always be explicitly set.
$oReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
$oReq.Path = "/hapld/tos/kdwhapltos"
$oReq.ContentType = "multipart/mixed"

; The 1st body of the multipart/mixed HTTP request will have a content-type of application/x-www-form-urlencoded
; It contains URL encoded parameters.
; We'll use a temporary HTTP request object solely for the purpose of generating our URL encoded parameter string.
$oParamEncoder = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
$oParamEncoder.AddParam "AppVersion","1.0"
$oParamEncoder.AddParam "AcceptUPSLicenseAgreement","YES"
$oParamEncoder.AddParam "VersionNumber","V4R1"
$oParamEncoder.AddParam "UserId","UPS_USERID"
$oParamEncoder.AddParam "Password","UPS_PASSWORD"
Local $sUrlEncodedParams = $oParamEncoder.GetUrlEncodedParams()

; The UPS server wants all params to be URL encoded except for the ResponseType param.
; Therefore, we'll add ResponseType unencoded at the end, like this:
$oSbParams = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbParams.Append($sUrlEncodedParams)
$oSbParams.Append("&ResponseType=application/x-ups-pld")
; Also, it is very important to include a CRLF at the end.  (This is to satisfy undocumented details
; required by the UPS PLD server.)
$oSbParams.Append(@CRLF)

; Add the params as the 1st sub-part of the multipart/mixed request
$oReq.AddStringForUpload2("","",$oSbParams.GetAsString(),"","application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

; Now for the 2nd part (using some junk data found on the developerkitcommunity.ups.com site.
; Notice the CRLF at the end of the string.  This is important.
Local $sPld = "020094                                  2003081300000590000000200   000000001*AA0TEST0    DE                5900000002000001*BA1Z0TEST06800000018                 00001+0000000000000010 +0000000000000000KGS11PRE10                                   3CMEUR000001*CA18                                   United Parcel Service              Goerlitzer Str 1                                                                                         Neuss                              41460    DE                                                        *PA1Z0TEST06800000018                 02+0000010                                                                                      +0000000+00000000+00000000+00000000*SA000004" & @CRLF

$oReq.AddStringForUpload2("","",$sPld,"","application/x-ups-binary")

; The UPS PLD server requires Content-Length headers within the MIME sub-parts of the request.
; If a Content-Length sub-header is added (with an arbitrary value, such as 0),
; then Chilkat will compute the actual sub-part size and replace the value when the request is sent.
$oReq.AddSubHeader(0,"Content-Length","0")
$oReq.AddSubHeader(1,"Content-Length","0")

; A few important comments about the HTTP request that is generated:
; 
; 1) Chilkat automatically generates a random boundary string.   In 99.999% of cases, this should 
;    be sufficient.
; 2) The top-level Content-Length header is automatically generated based on the actual length of the MIME message
;    that follows the intial (topmost) MIME header.
; 3) The HOST header will automatically get filled in with the actual domain when HttpSReq
;    method is called.

; Now send the request...
$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

; If desired (for debugging), provide a flie path for a session log.
; The session log can be sent to support@chilkatsoft.com if the PLD request fails.
$oHttp.SessionLogFilename = "c:/aaworkarea/ups_pld/sessionLog.txt"

; Send the PLD request over TLS..
$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpSReq("www.pld-certify.ups.com",443,True,$oReq,$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Load the response MIME.
$oMime = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Mime")
$oMime.LoadMime($oResp.FullMime)

; If it does not have 3 sub-parts, then something is amiss...
If ($oMime.NumParts <> 3) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Unexpected number of MIME parts." & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oResp.FullMime & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Examine each response part.

$oPart0 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Mime")
$bSuccess = $oMime.PartAt(0,$oPart0)

ConsoleWrite("---- text/html part ----" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oPart0.GetBodyDecoded() & @CRLF)

$oPart1 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Mime")
$bSuccess = $oMime.PartAt(1,$oPart1)

ConsoleWrite("---- application/x-ups-psmpld part ----" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oPart1.GetBodyDecoded() & @CRLF)

$oPart2 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Mime")
$bSuccess = $oMime.PartAt(2,$oPart2)

ConsoleWrite("---- application/x-ups-pld part ----" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oPart2.GetBodyDecoded() & @CRLF)