(Xojo Plugin) 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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim localFilePath As String
localFilePath = "C:/example/zips/data.zip"
Dim bd As New Chilkat.BinData
success = bd.LoadFile(localFilePath)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(bd.LastErrorText)
    Return
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 Chilkat.HttpResponse
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
success = http.HttpBd("POST",url,bd,"application/zip",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Response Status Code: " + Str(resp.StatusCode))
System.DebugLog("Response body:")
System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)