Zig

Add Parameters to Multipart Form-Data POSTs

Parameters (name=value) can be added to multipart/form-data POSTs (such as for file uploads) by using the AddParam method. This example sends the following HTTP POST

POST /something HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------010201080703010401070605
Host: domain
Content-Length: 560

--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name"

Joe
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="age"

25
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileA"; filename="fileA.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file A
--------------010201080703010401070605
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileB"; filename="fileB.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file B
--------------010201080703010401070605--

Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    const req = try chilkat.HttpRequest.init();
    defer req.deinit();

    req.setHttpVerb("POST");
    req.setPath("/something");
    req.setContentType("multipart/form-data");

    req.addParam("name", "Joe");
    req.addParam("age", "25");

    req.addStringForUpload("fileA", "fileA.txt", "This is the contents of file A", "utf-8") catch {};
    req.addStringForUpload("fileB", "fileB.txt", "This is the contents of file B", "utf-8") catch {};

    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try req.generateRequestText(alloc)});
}