(PureBasic) 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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IncludeFile "CkHttpResponse.pb"
IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
    If http.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

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

    ; Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
    resp.i = CkHttpResponse::ckCreate()
    If resp.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkHttp::ckHttpFile(http,"POST",url,localFilePath,"application/zip",resp)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Response Status Code: " + Str(CkHttpResponse::ckStatusCode(resp))
    Debug "Response body:"
    Debug CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(resp)


    CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
    CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure