Node.js

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

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    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 chilkat.HttpResponse();
    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);

}

chilkatExample();