(Unicode C++) 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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#include <CkHttpW.h>
#include <CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkHttpW http;

    const wchar_t *localFilePath = L"C:/example/zips/data.zip";
    const wchar_t *url = L"https://example.com/api/v1/sites/123/deploys";

    // Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
    CkHttpResponseW resp;
    success = http.HttpFile(L"POST",url,localFilePath,L"application/zip",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",http.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Response Status Code: %d\n",resp.get_StatusCode());
    wprintf(L"Response body:\n");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",resp.bodyStr());
    }