(JavaScript) 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.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

var http = new CkHttp();

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

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

console.log("Response Status Code: " + resp.StatusCode);
console.log("Response body:");
console.log(resp.BodyStr);