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SOAP with MTOM XOP 8bit (binary) Attachment

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Demonstrates how to send the following sample SOAP request with an MTOM/XOP attachment:
Content-Type: Multipart/Related; start-info="text/xml"; type="application/xop+xml"; boundary="----=_Part_0_1744155.1118953559416"
Content-Length: 3453
SOAPAction: "some-SOAP-action"

------=_Part_1_4558657.1118953559446
Content-Type: application/xop+xml; type="text/xml"; charset=utf-8

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <Detail xmlns="http://example.org/mtom/data">
      <image>
        <xop:Include xmlns:xop="http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include" href="cid:5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org" />
      </image>
    </Detail>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

------=_Part_1_4558657.1118953559446
Content-Type: image/jpeg
Content-ID: _LT_5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org_GT_
Content-Disposition: 8bit

... binary data ...

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$soapXml = New-Object Chilkat.Xml

$soapXml.Tag = "soap:Envelope"
$success = $soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soap","http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")

$soapXml.NewChild2("soap:Body","")
$success = $soapXml.GetChild2(0)

$soapXml.NewChild2("Detail","")
$success = $soapXml.GetChild2(0)
$success = $soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://example.org/mtom/data")

$soapXml.NewChild2("image","")
$success = $soapXml.GetChild2(0)

$soapXml.NewChild2("xop:Include","")
$success = $soapXml.GetChild2(0)
$success = $soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xop","http://www.w3.org/2004/08/xop/include")
$success = $soapXml.AddAttribute("href","cid:5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org")

$soapXml.GetRoot2()
$soapXml.EmitXmlDecl = $false

$xmlBody = $soapXml.GetXml()
$($xmlBody)

$req = New-Object Chilkat.HttpRequest
$req.HttpVerb = "POST"
$req.Path = "/something/someTarget"

$req.ContentType = "multipart/related; start-info=`"text/xml`"; type=`"application/xop+xml`""
$req.AddHeader("SOAPAction","some-SOAP-action")

$success = $req.AddStringForUpload2("","",$xmlBody,"utf-8","application/xop+xml; type=`"text/xml`"; charset=utf-8")

# The bytes will be sent as binary (not base64 encoded).
$success = $req.AddFileForUpload2("","qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg","image/jpeg")

# The JPEG data is the 2nd sub-part, and therefore is at index 1 (the first sub-part is at index 0)
$success = $req.AddSubHeader(1,"Content-ID","<5aeaa450-17f0-4484-b845-a8480c363444@example.org>")

# Add the Content-Disposition: 8bit sub-header
$success = $req.AddSubHeader(1,"Content-Disposition","8bit")

$http.FollowRedirects = $true

# For debugging, set the SessionLogFilename property
# to see the exact HTTP request and response in a log file.
# (Given that the request contains binary data, you'll need an editor
# that can gracefully view text + binary data.  I use EmEditor for most simple editing tasks..)
$http.SessionLogFilename = "qa_output/mtom_sessionLog.txt"

$useTls = $true
# Note: Please don't run this example without changing the domain to your own domain...
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpSReq("www.example.org",443,$useTls,$req,$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$xmlResponse = New-Object Chilkat.Xml
$success = $xmlResponse.LoadXml($resp.BodyStr)
$($xmlResponse.GetXml())