(C++) 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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#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkHttp http;

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

    // Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpFile("POST",url,localFilePath,"application/zip",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Response Status Code: " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";
    std::cout << "Response body:" << "\r\n";
    std::cout << resp.bodyStr() << "\r\n";
    }