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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. PowerShell

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

$success = $false

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

#  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 = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$success = $bdRequestBody.LoadFile("your-file-path")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("Failed to load your-file-path")
    exit
}

#  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer your-auth-token" header.
$http.AuthToken = "your-auth-token"

$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpBd("POST","https://your-webapp-hostname:your-webapp-port/v1/media",$bdRequestBody,"image/jpeg",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$resp.GetBodySb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jResp.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)
$jResp.EmitCompact = $false

$("Response Body:")
$($jResp.Emit())

$respStatusCode = $resp.StatusCode
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Header:")
    $($resp.Header)
    $("Failed.")
    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 -lt $count_i) {
    $jResp.I = $i
    $id = $jResp.StringOf("messages[i].id")
    $i = $i + 1
}