Send a REST Request with a Binary Body

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestBd, which sends a complete request whose binary body is read from a BinData and stores the text response body in a StringBuilder.

The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")
Dim bTls As Boolean = True
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = True
success = rest.Connect("example.com", 443, bTls, bAutoReconnect)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory.  Absolute paths
'  may also be used.  Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

'  FullRequestBd sends a request whose binary body is read from a BinData and stores the text
'  response body in a StringBuilder.
Dim bdRequest As ChilkatBinData
bdRequest.Initialize
Dim bLoaded As Boolean = bdRequest.LoadFile("qa_data/image.png")
If bLoaded <> True Then
    Log("Failed to load the request body file.")
    Return
End If


rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", "image/png")

Dim sbResponse As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbResponse.Initialize
success = rest.FullRequestBd("PUT", "/api/images/1", bdRequest, sbResponse)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim responseText As String = sbResponse.GetAsString
If sbResponse.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(sbResponse.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Log(responseText)