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Send SOAP multipart/related with XML Body and Zip Attachment

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Demonstrates how to construct and send a multipart/related POST containing a SOAP XML body and a binary zip attachment.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

;  This example constructs and sends the following HTTP request.
;  (The boundary strings will be different and auto-generated by Chilkat)

;  Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
;  SOAPAction: invio
;  Content-Type: Multipart/Related; boundary="MIME_boundary"; type="text/xml"; start="mailto:rootpart@soapui.org"
;  MIME-Version: 1.0
;  
;  --MIME_boundary
;  Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
;  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
;  Content-ID: <rootpart@soapui.org>
;   
;  <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:urn="urn:attachment.ws.it">
;  <soapenv:Header/>
;  <soapenv:Body>
;    <urn:inputBean>
;     <nomeFileAllegato>myfile.zip</nomeFileAllegato>
;    </urn:inputBean>
;  </soapenv:Body>
;  </soapenv:Envelope>
;   
;  --MIME_boundary
;  Content-Type: application/zip
;  Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
;  Content-ID: <myfile.zip>
;  Content-Disposition: attachment; name="myfile.zip"; filename="myfile.zip"
;  
;  ... binary zip data goes here ...
;  --MIME_boundary--
;  

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

$oRest.AddHeader("Accept-Encoding","gzip,deflate")
$oRest.AddHeader("SOAPAction","invio")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","Multipart/Related; boundary=""MIME_boundary""; type=""text/xml""; start=""mailto:rootpart@soapui.org""")
$oRest.AddHeader("MIME-Version","1.0")

;  Build the SOAP XML:
;  Use this online tool to generate the code from sample XML: 
;  Generate Code to Create XML

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$oXml.Tag = "soapenv:Envelope"
$oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soapenv","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")
$oXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:urn","urn:attachment.ws.it")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "soapenv:Header",""
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "soapenv:Body|urn:inputBean|nomeFileAllegato","myfile.zip"

;  Build the SOAP XML sub-part
$oRest.PartSelector = "1"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/xml; charset=UTF-8")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding","8bit")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-ID","<rootpart@soapui.org>")
$bSuccess = $oRest.SetMultipartBodyString($oXml.GetXml())

;  Build the sub-part containing the .zip
$oRest.PartSelector = "2"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/zip")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding","binary")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-ID","<myfile.zip>")
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; name=""myfile.zip""; filename=""myfile.zip""")

;  Add a zip file to the 2nd sub-part body.
;  This example will load the .zip file into memory, but it is also possible to stream directly from the file as the request is sent
;  by calling SetMultipartBodyStream.
$oBd = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$bSuccess = $oBd.LoadFile("qa_data/zips/helloWorld.zip")
$bSuccess = $oRest.SetMultipartBodyBd($oBd)

;  To be safe, always revert the PartSelector back to 0..
$oRest.PartSelector = "0"

;  Send the request by connecting to the web server and then sending..
;  Connect using TLS.
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,True,$bAutoReconnect)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  In this example, we're setting DebugMode.
;  When debug mode is turned on, no request is actually sent.
;  Instead, the request that would be sent is recorded to memory
;  and we can retrieve it afterwards..
$oRest.DebugMode = True

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

;  Retrieve the request that would've been sent and save it to a file.
;  We can then examine the file to see if the request was structured as we desired.
;  (Note: The zip bytes will be binary data and will appear as garbled garbage in a text editor..)
$oBdRequest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$oRest.GetLastDebugRequest($oBdRequest)
$bSuccess = $oBdRequest.WriteFile("qa_output/multipartRelatedRequest.bin")

ConsoleWrite("OK, examine the output file.." & @CRLF)