Lua

Add Parameters to Multipart Form-Data POSTs

Parameters (name=value) can be added to multipart/form-data POSTs (such as for file uploads) by using the AddParam method. This example sends the following HTTP POST

POST /something HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------010201080703010401070605
Host: domain
Content-Length: 560

--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name"

Joe
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="age"

25
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileA"; filename="fileA.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file A
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileB"; filename="fileB.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file B
--------------010201080703010401070605--

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local req = chilkat.HttpRequest.new()

req.http_verb = "POST"
req.path = "/something"
req.content_type = "multipart/form-data"

req:add_param("name", "Joe")
req:add_param("age", "25")

req:add_string_for_upload("fileA", "fileA.txt", "This is the contents of file A", "utf-8")
req:add_string_for_upload("fileB", "fileB.txt", "This is the contents of file B", "utf-8")

print(req:generate_request_text())