PowerBuilder

Add Parameters to Multipart Form-Data POSTs

Parameters (name=value) can be added to multipart/form-data POSTs (such as for file uploads) by using the AddParam method. This example sends the following HTTP POST

POST /something HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------010201080703010401070605
Host: domain
Content-Length: 560

--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name"

Joe
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="age"

25
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileA"; filename="fileA.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file A
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileB"; filename="fileB.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file B
--------------010201080703010401070605--

PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Req

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

loo_Req.HttpVerb = "POST"
loo_Req.Path = "/something"
loo_Req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"

loo_Req.AddParam("name","Joe")
loo_Req.AddParam("age","25")

loo_Req.AddStringForUpload("fileA","fileA.txt","This is the contents of file A","utf-8")
loo_Req.AddStringForUpload("fileB","fileB.txt","This is the contents of file B","utf-8")

Write-Debug loo_Req.GenerateRequestText()


destroy loo_Req