(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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bool success = false;

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

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

// Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpFile("POST",url,localFilePath,"application/zip",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code: " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));
Debug.WriteLine("Response body:");
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr);