Delphi ActiveX

Send a Staged Multipart REST Request

Demonstrates Rest.SendReqMultipart, which sends a multipart request using the parts configured on the object, then reads the response in separate steps.

Background. The staged request model separates sending from reading: a SendReq method transmits the request, ReadResponseHeader reads the status line and headers, and a ReadResp method reads the body. This gives fine control over large or streamed messages compared with the single-call full-request methods.

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var
success: Integer;
rest: TChilkatRest;
bTls: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
statusCode: Integer;
responseBody: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);
bTls := 1;
bAutoReconnect := 1;
success := rest.Connect('example.com',443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Configure one multipart part before sending.
rest.PartSelector := '1';
rest.AddHeader('Content-Type','text/plain');
rest.AddHeader('Content-Disposition','form-data; name="field1"');
success := rest.SetMultipartBodyString('value1');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Send the multipart request using the configured parts.
success := rest.SendReqMultipart('POST','/api/upload');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  After sending, read the response status line and header fields.  The return value is the HTTP
//  status code, or -1 if no response was received.
statusCode := rest.ReadResponseHeader();
if (statusCode < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response status code: ' + IntToStr(statusCode));

//  Read the response body as text.
responseBody := rest.ReadRespBodyString();
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add(responseBody);