(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$localFilePath = "C:/example/zips/data.zip"
$url = "https://example.com/api/v1/sites/123/deploys"

# Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpFile("POST",$url,$localFilePath,"application/zip",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Response Status Code: " + $resp.StatusCode)
$("Response body:")
$($resp.BodyStr)