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REST Send multipart/form-data

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Demonstrates how to send a multipart/form-data HTTP request. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

;  Connect to the destination web server.
Local $bTls = True
Local $iPort = 443
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("www.somewebserver.com",$iPort,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)

;  This example will send the following multipart/form-data request.
;  The Content-Length is automatically computed and added by Chilkat.
;  It will be different than what is shown here.
;  The boundary string is also generated by Chilkat and will be different
;  than shown below.

;  	POST /some_path HTTP/1.1
;  	Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------735323031399963166993862150
;  	Content-Length: 834
;  
;  	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
;  	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="text1"
;  
;  	text 123 abc
;  	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
;  	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="text2"
;  
;  	xyz
;  	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
;  	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file1"; filename="a.txt"
;  	Content-Type: text/plain
;  
;  	Content of a.txt.
;  
;  	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
;  	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file2"; filename="a.html"
;  	Content-Type: text/html
;  
;  	<!DOCTYPE html><title>Content of a.html.</title>
;  
;  	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
;  	Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file3"; filename="starfish.jpg"
;  	Content-Type: image/jpeg
;  
;  	binary data goes here
;  	-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150--

;  Set the Content-Type for the topmost MIME part.
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/form-data")

;  Specify each part of the request.
$oRest.PartSelector = "1"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""text1""")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyString("text 123 abc")

$oRest.PartSelector = "2"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""text2""")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyString("xyz")

$oRest.PartSelector = "3"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""file1""; filename=""a.txt""")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/plain")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyString("Content of a.txt.")

$oRest.PartSelector = "4"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""file2""; filename=""a.html""")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/html")
$oSbHtml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbHtml.LoadFile("qa_data/html/a.html","utf-8")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodySb($oSbHtml)

$oRest.PartSelector = "5"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""file3""; filename=""starfish.jpg""")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/jpeg")
$oJpgBytes = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$oJpgBytes.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyBd($oJpgBytes)

Local $sResponseBody = $oRest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/some_path")
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  ...
;  ...

;  Clear the REST object for any subsequent requests..
$oRest.ClearAllHeaders()
$oRest.ClearAllParts()
$oRest.PartSelector = ""