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Building a multipart/form-data Request for HTTP Upload

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Uploading files to a web server typically requires building a multipart/form-data request where the files are contained in the sub-parts of the MIME request.

Note: HTTP uploads require code on the server-side to receive the upload. For example, see Complete C# ASP.NET HTTP Upload Example

This example produces the following HTTP multipart/form-data request:

POST /something HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------070002080409050901090203
Host: domain
Content-Length: 546

--------------070002080409050901090203
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileA"; filename="fileA.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file A
--------------070002080409050901090203
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileB"; filename="fileB.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file B
--------------070002080409050901090203
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileC"; filename="fileC.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the contents of file C
--------------070002080409050901090203--

PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Req
string ls_RequestMime

// This example demonstrates building a multipart/form-data request.

loo_Req = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Req.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpRequest")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Req
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// The ContentType, HttpVerb, and Path properties should
// always be explicitly set.
loo_Req.HttpVerb = "POST"
loo_Req.Path = "/something"
loo_Req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"

// The contents and name of each file to be uploaded is provided
// by calling any of the following methods:
// AddBytesForUpload
// AddBytesForUpload2
// AddFileForUpload
// AddFileForUpload2
// AddStringForUpload
// AddStringForUpload2

// For this example, we'll provide the contents of the files to be uploaded
// directly as in-memory strings.
loo_Req.AddStringForUpload("fileA","fileA.txt","This is the contents of file A","utf-8")
loo_Req.AddStringForUpload("fileB","fileB.txt","This is the contents of file B","utf-8")
loo_Req.AddStringForUpload("fileC","fileC.txt","This is the contents of file C","utf-8")

// View the request that would be sent if HttpSReq was called:
ls_RequestMime = loo_Req.GenerateRequestText()
Write-Debug ls_RequestMime

// A few important comments about the HTTP request that is generated:
// 
// 1) Chilkat automatically generates a random boundary string.   In 99.999% of cases, this should 
//    be sufficient.
// 2) The Content-Length header is automatically generated based on the actual length of the MIME message
//    that follows the intial (topmost) MIME header.
// 3) The HOST header will automatically get filled in with the actual domain when HttpSReq
//    is called


destroy loo_Req