Objective-C

multipart/form-data HTTP POST

Demonstrates how to construct and send a multipart/form-data HTTP POST. Objective-C

#import <CkoHttpRequest.h>
#import <CkoBinData.h>
#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  Sends the following multipart/form-data POST:

//  POST /xyz/something HTTP/1.1
//  Host: domain
//  Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------090708030009010000030901
//  Content-Length: 2220
//  
//  --------------090708030009010000030901
//  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param1"
//  
//  value1
//  --------------090708030009010000030901
//  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param2"
//  
//  value2
//  --------------090708030009010000030901
//  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="starfish20"; filename="starfish20.jpg"
//  Content-Type: image/jpeg
//  
//  JPEG DATA HERE...
//  --------------090708030009010000030901
//  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="helloWorld"; filename="helloWorld.pdf"
//  Content-Type: application/pdf
//  
//  PDF DATA HERE...
//  --------------090708030009010000030901
//  Content-Disposition: form-data; name="tinyA"; filename="tinyA.xml"
//  Content-Type: text/xml
//  
//  XML DATA HERE...
//  --------------090708030009010000030901--
//  

CkoHttpRequest *req = [[CkoHttpRequest alloc] init];
req.HttpVerb = @"POST";
req.ContentType = @"multipart/form-data";
req.Path = @"/xyz/something";

[req AddParam: @"param1" value: @"value1"];
[req AddParam: @"param2" value: @"value2"];

//  Add some small files to the request. (Small so we can see what the full request looks like without too much data..)
CkoBinData *bd = [[CkoBinData alloc] init];
success = [bd LoadFile: @"qa_data/jpg/starfish20.jpg"];
[req AddBdForUpload: @"starfish20" remoteFilename: @"starfish20.jpg" byteData: bd contentType: @"image/jpeg"];

success = [bd LoadFile: @"qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf"];
[req AddBdForUpload: @"helloWorld" remoteFilename: @"helloWorld.pdf" byteData: bd contentType: @"application/pdf"];

success = [bd LoadFile: @"qa_data/xml/tinyA.xml"];
[req AddBdForUpload: @"tinyA" remoteFilename: @"tinyA.xml" byteData: bd contentType: @"text/xml"];

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

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpSReq: @"example.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] ssl: YES request: req response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"HTTP response status: ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);

NSLog(@"%@",@"Received:");
NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);