C++

Facebook Upload Photo from Local File

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Uploads a new photo with a caption from a local file. C++

#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpRequest.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkHttp http;

    CkHttpRequest req;
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data");
    req.put_Path("/v2.7/me/photos");

    //  Use the previously obtained access token.
    //  Note: The publish_actions scope is required to upload a photo.
    req.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer FACEBOOK-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    //  Send an "Expect: 100-continue" header in the request.
    //  This causes the HTTP server to end a 100-continue response
    //  immediately after receiving the HTTP header.  The client
    //  (Chilkat) will receive this intermediate response, and if
    //  it's not an error response, it knows that the HTTP server will
    //  accept the data that is forthcoming.
    //  The alternative is to get an error response after trying to upload
    //  the entire contents of the files.
    req.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue");

    //  Set a photo caption.
    req.AddParam("caption","Here are some penguins!");

    //  Additional parameters can be added to the request by 
    //  calling AddParam once per parameter.  
    //  See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user/photos
    //  for more information about other optional parameters.

    //  Indicate the local file to be uploaded.
    success = req.AddFileForUpload("source","qa_data/jpg/penguins2.jpg");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << req.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Upload the image file..
    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpSReq("graph.facebook.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Examine the response body:
    const char *responseJson = resp.bodyStr();
    std::cout << responseJson << "\r\n";

    //  The response contains JSON, such as this:
    //  {"id":"10210224963435862","post_id":"10224048320139890_10210224963435862"}
    }