Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

WhatsApp - Upload Media

Demonstrates how to upload media to the WhatsApp Business API client. The POST body must contain the binary media data and the Content-Type header must be set to the type of the media being uploaded. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

#  Implements the following CURL command:

#  curl -X POST \
#  https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/media \
#  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token' \ 
#  -H 'Content-Type: image/jpeg'
#  --data-binary @your-file-path

#  Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
#  Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

$bdRequestBody = chilkat::CkBinData->new();
$success = $bdRequestBody->LoadFile("your-file-path");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to load your-file-path" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header.
$http->put_AuthToken("your-auth-token");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpBd("POST","https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/media",$bdRequestBody,"image/jpeg",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$resp->GetBodySb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $resp->header() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Sample JSON response:
#  (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

#  {
#    "messages": [
#      {
#        "id": "gBEGkYiEB1VXAglK1ZEqA1YKPrU"
#      }
#    ]
#  }

#  Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
#  Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
#  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jResp->SizeOfArray("messages");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jResp->put_I($i);
    $id = $jResp->stringOf("messages[i].id");
    $i = $i + 1;
}