(Objective-C) 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.

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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

BOOL success = NO;

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

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

// Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpFile: @"POST" url: url localFilePath: localFilePath contentType: @"application/zip" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code: ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);
NSLog(@"%@",@"Response body:");
NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);