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SOAP with MTOM XOP 8bit (binary) Attachment

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Demonstrates how to send the following sample SOAP request with an MTOM/XOP attachment:
Content-Type: Multipart/Related; start-info="text/xml"; type="application/xop+xml"; boundary="----=_Part_0_1744155.1118953559416"
Content-Length: 3453
SOAPAction: "some-SOAP-action"

------=_Part_1_4558657.1118953559446
Content-Type: application/xop+xml; type="text/xml"; charset=utf-8

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <Detail xmlns="http://example.org/mtom/data">
      <image>
        <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org" />
      </image>
    </Detail>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

------=_Part_1_4558657.1118953559446
Content-Type: image/jpeg
Content-ID: _LT_5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org_GT_
Content-Disposition: 8bit

... binary data ...

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
-- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

local soapXml = chilkat.Xml.new()

soapXml.tag = "soap:Envelope"
local success = soapXml:add_attribute("xmlns:soap", "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")

soapXml:new_child2("soap:Body", "")
success = soapXml:get_child2(0)

soapXml:new_child2("Detail", "")
success = soapXml:get_child2(0)
success = soapXml:add_attribute("xmlns", "http://example.org/mtom/data")

soapXml:new_child2("image", "")
success = soapXml:get_child2(0)

soapXml:new_child2("xop:Include", "")
success = soapXml:get_child2(0)
success = soapXml:add_attribute("xmlns:xop", "http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include")
success = soapXml:add_attribute("href", "cid:5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org")

soapXml:get_root2()
soapXml.emit_xml_decl = false

local xmlBody = soapXml:get_xml()
print(xmlBody)

local req = chilkat.HttpRequest.new()
req.http_verb = "POST"
req.path = "/something/someTarget"

req.content_type = "multipart/related; start-info=\"text/xml\"; type=\"application/xop+xml\""
req:add_header("SOAPAction", "some-SOAP-action")

success = req:add_string_for_upload2("", "", xmlBody, "utf-8", "application/xop+xml; type=\"text/xml\"; charset=utf-8")

-- The bytes will be sent as binary (not base64 encoded).
success = req:add_file_for_upload2("", "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg", "image/jpeg")

-- The JPEG data is the 2nd sub-part, and therefore is at index 1 (the first sub-part is at index 0)
success = req:add_sub_header(1, "Content-ID", "<5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org>")

-- Add the Content-Disposition: 8bit sub-header
success = req:add_sub_header(1, "Content-Disposition", "8bit")

http.follow_redirects = true

-- For debugging, set the SessionLogFilename property
-- to see the exact HTTP request and response in a log file.
-- (Given that the request contains binary data, you'll need an editor
-- that can gracefully view text + binary data.  I use EmEditor for most simple editing tasks..)
http.session_log_filename = "qa_output/mtom_sessionLog.txt"

local useTls = true
-- Note: Please don't run this example without changing the domain to your own domain...
local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
success = http:http_sreq("www.example.org", 443, useTls, req, resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

local xmlResponse = chilkat.Xml.new()
success = xmlResponse:load_xml(resp.body_str)
print(xmlResponse:get_xml())