Visual FoxPro

multipart/form-data HTTP POST

Demonstrates how to construct and send a multipart/form-data HTTP POST. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loReq
LOCAL loBd
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loResp

lnSuccess = 0

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

*  Sends the following multipart/form-data POST:

*  POST /xyz/something HTTP/1.1
*  Host: domain
*  Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------090708030009010000030901
*  Content-Length: 2220
*  
*  --------------090708030009010000030901
*  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param1"
*  
*  value1
*  --------------090708030009010000030901
*  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param2"
*  
*  value2
*  --------------090708030009010000030901
*  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="starfish20"; filename="starfish20.jpg"
*  Content-Type: image/jpeg
*  
*  JPEG DATA HERE...
*  --------------090708030009010000030901
*  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="helloWorld"; filename="helloWorld.pdf"
*  Content-Type: application/pdf
*  
*  PDF DATA HERE...
*  --------------090708030009010000030901
*  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="tinyA"; filename="tinyA.xml"
*  Content-Type: text/xml
*  
*  XML DATA HERE...
*  --------------090708030009010000030901--
*  

loReq = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpRequest')
loReq.HttpVerb = "POST"
loReq.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
loReq.Path = "/xyz/something"

loReq.AddParam("param1","value1")
loReq.AddParam("param2","value2")

*  Add some small files to the request. (Small so we can see what the full request looks like without too much data..)
loBd = CreateObject('Chilkat.BinData')
lnSuccess = loBd.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish20.jpg")
loReq.AddBdForUpload("starfish20","starfish20.jpg",loBd,"image/jpeg")

lnSuccess = loBd.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf")
loReq.AddBdForUpload("helloWorld","helloWorld.pdf",loBd,"application/pdf")

lnSuccess = loBd.LoadFile("qa_data/xml/tinyA.xml")
loReq.AddBdForUpload("tinyA","tinyA.xml",loBd,"text/xml")

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpSReq("example.com",443,1,loReq,loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loReq
    RELEASE loBd
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "HTTP response status: " + STR(loResp.StatusCode)

? "Received:"
? loResp.BodyStr

RELEASE loReq
RELEASE loBd
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loResp