Send a Multipart REST Request

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestMultipart, which sends a complete multipart request using the parts configured on the object, then returns the response body as text.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Configure a multipart request part before sending.  PartSelector selects the part being built,
    //  and the header fields and body apply to that part.
    rest.put_PartSelector("1");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/plain");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"field1\"");
    success = rest.SetMultipartBodyString("value1");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Send the multipart request using the configured parts.  The response body is returned as text.
    String responseText = rest.fullRequestMultipart("POST","/api/upload");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(responseText);
  }
}