(Android™) 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--

Chilkat Android™ Downloads Android™ Java Libraries Android C/C++ Libraries

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();

    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_Path("/something");
    req.put_ContentType("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");
    req.AddStringForUpload("fileB","fileB.txt","This is the contents of file B","utf-8");

    Log.i(TAG, req.generateRequestText());

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}