(VB.NET) 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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Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

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

' Send a POST with the contents of the file in the binary HTTP request body.
Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpFile("POST",url,localFilePath,"application/zip",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code: " & resp.StatusCode)
Debug.WriteLine("Response body:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)