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Yousign Procedure Creation Basic Mode Upload File

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Demonstrates the 1st step of Yousign procedure creation, which is to upload a PDF file.

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bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

//  Implements the following CURL command:

//  curl --location --request POST 'https://staging-api.yousign.com/files' \
//  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
//  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
//  --data-raw '{
//      "name": "The best name for my file.pdf",
//      "content": "JVBERi0..." }'

//  Load a PDF file to be uploaded.
Chilkat.BinData pdfData = new Chilkat.BinData();
success = pdfData.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/helloWorld.pdf");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load PDF local file.");
    return;
}

//  Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
//  Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

//  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Code to Create JSON

//  The following JSON is sent in the request body.

//  {
//    "name": "The best name for my file.pdf",
//    "content": "JVBERi0..."
//  }

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("name","helloWorld.pdf");
json.UpdateString("content",pdfData.GetEncoded("base64"));

//  Adds the "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" header.
http.AuthToken = "YOUR_API_KEY";

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://staging-api.yousign.com/files",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

//  Sample JSON response:
//  (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

//  {
//    "id": "/files/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
//    "name": "The best name for my file.pdf",
//    "type": "signable",
//    "contentType": "application/pdf",
//    "description": null,
//    "createdAt": "2018-12-01T11:36:20+01:00",
//    "updatedAt": "2018-12-01T11:36:20+01:00",
//    "sha256": "bb57ae2b2ca6ad0133a699350d1a6f6c8cdfde3cf872cf526585d306e4675cc2",
//    "metadata": [
//    ],
//    "workspace": "/workspaces/XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
//    "creator": null,
//    "protected": false,
//    "position": 0,
//    "parent": null
//  }

//  Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
//  Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
//  Generate Parsing Code from JSON

string id = jResp.StringOf("id");
string name = jResp.StringOf("name");
string v_type = jResp.StringOf("type");
string contentType = jResp.StringOf("contentType");
string description = jResp.StringOf("description");
string createdAt = jResp.StringOf("createdAt");
string updatedAt = jResp.StringOf("updatedAt");
string sha256 = jResp.StringOf("sha256");
string workspace = jResp.StringOf("workspace");
string creator = jResp.StringOf("creator");
bool v_protected = jResp.BoolOf("protected");
int position = jResp.IntOf("position");
string parent = jResp.StringOf("parent");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("metadata");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}