(PowerBuilder) 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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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_LocalFilePath
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_Resp

li_Success = 0

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

ls_LocalFilePath = "C:/example/zips/data.zip"
ls_Url = "https://example.com/api/v1/sites/123/deploys"

// Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpFile("POST",ls_Url,ls_LocalFilePath,"application/zip",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Response Status Code: " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)
Write-Debug "Response body:"
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr


destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Resp