(PowerShell) Send SOAP multipart/related with XML Body and Zip Attachment

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

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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.

# 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--
# 

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

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

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

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

# Build the sub-part containing the .zip
$rest.PartSelector = "2"
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/zip")
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding","binary")
$rest.AddHeader("Content-ID","<myfile.zip>")
$rest.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.
$bd = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$success = $bd.LoadFile("qa_data/zips/helloWorld.zip")
$success = $rest.SetMultipartBodyBd($bd)

# To be safe, always revert the PartSelector back to 0..
$rest.PartSelector = "0"

# Send the request by connecting to the web server and then sending..
# Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("www.chilkatsoft.com",443,$true,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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..
$rest.DebugMode = $true

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

# 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..)
$bdRequest = New-Object Chilkat.BinData
$rest.GetLastDebugRequest($bdRequest)
$success = $bdRequest.WriteFile("qa_output/multipartRelatedRequest.bin")

$("OK, examine the output file..")