Visual Basic 6.0

Example: Http.HttpBd method

Shows how to use the HttpBd method to send an HTTP POST request with the contents of a BinData 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 the BinData]

Also see: Chilkat Http Default and Auto-Filled Headers

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim localFilePath As String
localFilePath = "C:/example/zips/data.zip"
Dim bd As New ChilkatBinData
success = bd.LoadFile(localFilePath)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print bd.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim url As String
url = "https://example.com/api/v1/sites/123/deploys"

' Send a POST with the contents of the BinData in the binary HTTP request body.
Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
success = http.HttpBd("POST",url,bd,"application/zip",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Response body:"
Debug.Print resp.BodyStr