(PowerShell) REST File Upload (multipart/form-data)

Demonstrates how to upload a file using multipart/form-data.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

# Connect to the HTTP server using TLS.
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
# Make sure to replace "www.chilkatsoft.com" with your domain..
$success = $rest.Connect("www.chilkatsoft.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$fileStream = New-Object Chilkat.Stream
$fileStream.SourceFile = "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg"

$rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/form-data")

$rest.PartSelector = "1"
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/jpg")
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=`"filename`"; filename=`"starfish.jpg`"")
$rest.SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream)
$rest.PartSelector = "0"

$responseBody = $rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/the_uri_path_to_receive_the_upload")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("Received error response code: " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    exit
}

$("File uploaded")