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SOAP with MTOM XOP 8bit (binary) Attachment

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Demonstrates how to send the following sample SOAP request with an MTOM/XOP attachment:
Content-Type: Multipart/Related; start-info="text/xml"; type="application/xop+xml"; boundary="----=_Part_0_1744155.1118953559416"
Content-Length: 3453
SOAPAction: "some-SOAP-action"

------=_Part_1_4558657.1118953559446
Content-Type: application/xop+xml; type="text/xml"; charset=utf-8

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <Detail xmlns="http://example.org/mtom/data">
      <image>
        <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org" />
      </image>
    </Detail>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

------=_Part_1_4558657.1118953559446
Content-Type: image/jpeg
Content-ID: _LT_5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org_GT_
Content-Disposition: 8bit

... binary data ...

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

Dim soapXml As ChilkatXml
soapXml.Initialize

soapXml.Tag = "soap:Envelope"
success = soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soap", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")

soapXml.NewChild2("soap:Body", "")
success = soapXml.GetChild2(0)

soapXml.NewChild2("Detail", "")
success = soapXml.GetChild2(0)
success = soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns", "http://example.org/mtom/data")

soapXml.NewChild2("image", "")
success = soapXml.GetChild2(0)

soapXml.NewChild2("xop:Include", "")
success = soapXml.GetChild2(0)
success = soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xop", "http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include")
success = soapXml.AddAttribute("href", "cid:5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org")

soapXml.GetRoot2
soapXml.EmitXmlDecl = False

Dim xmlBody As String = soapXml.GetXml
Log(xmlBody)

Dim req As ChilkatHttpRequest
req.Initialize
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/something/someTarget"

req.ContentType = "multipart/related; start-info=" & Chr(34) & "text/xml" & Chr(34) & "; type=" & Chr(34) & "application/xop+xml" & Chr(34)
req.AddHeader("SOAPAction", "some-SOAP-action")

success = req.AddStringForUpload2("", "", xmlBody, "utf-8", "application/xop+xml; type=" & Chr(34) & "text/xml" & Chr(34) & "; charset=utf-8")

'  The bytes will be sent as binary (not base64 encoded).
success = req.AddFileForUpload2("", "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg", "image/jpeg")

'  The JPEG data is the 2nd sub-part, and therefore is at index 1 (the first sub-part is at index 0)
success = req.AddSubHeader(1, "Content-ID", "<5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org>")

'  Add the Content-Disposition: 8bit sub-header
success = req.AddSubHeader(1, "Content-Disposition", "8bit")

http.FollowRedirects = True

'  For debugging, set the SessionLogFilename property
'  to see the exact HTTP request and response in a log file.
'  (Given that the request contains binary data, you'll need an editor
'  that can gracefully view text + binary data.  I use EmEditor for most simple editing tasks..)
http.SessionLogFilename = "qa_output/mtom_sessionLog.txt"

Dim useTls As Boolean = True
'  Note: Please don't run this example without changing the domain to your own domain...
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpSReq("www.example.org", 443, useTls, req, resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim xmlResponse As ChilkatXml
xmlResponse.Initialize
success = xmlResponse.LoadXml(resp.BodyStr)
Log(xmlResponse.GetXml)