(MFC) HTTP POST with Binary Data in Request Body

Do an HTTPS POST with a binary request body.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkFileAccess.h>
#include <CkByteData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkHttp http;
    bool success;

    CkFileAccess fac;

    CkByteData reqBody;
    success = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf",reqBody);

    const char *responseStr = http.postBinary("https://example.com/something",reqBody,"application/pdf",false,false);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    int responseStatusCode = http.get_LastStatus();
    strOut.append("Status code: ");
    strOut.appendInt(responseStatusCode);
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // For example, if the response is XML, JSON, HTML, etc.
    strOut.append("response body:");
    strOut.append("\r\n");
    strOut.append(responseStr);
    strOut.append("\r\n");


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }