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HTTP multipart-mixed POST (for a UPS Package Level Detail PLD Request)

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Demonstrates how to create a POST for a UPS Package Level Detail PLD Request. The request must be a multipart-mixed request having two sub-parts. The first is a application/x-www-form-urlencoded with name=value URL encoded pairs. The second is a application/x-ups-binary containing a UPS PLD request.

The HTTP request created by this example looks like this:

POST /hapld/tos/kdwhapltos HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=------------050801040202040701030308
Host: domain
Content-Length: 658

--------------050801040202040701030308
Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-length: 134

AppVersion=1.0&AcceptUPSLicenseAgreement=YES&VersionNumber=V4R1&UserId=myUser&Password=myPassword&ResponseType=application/x-ups-pld

--------------050801040202040701030308
Content-type: application/x-ups-binary
Content-length: 721

020094 2014041500000594196532600 000000001*AAV0Y203 DE 5941965326000001*BA1ZV0Y2036650001829 00001+0000000000000012 +0000000000000000KGS07COL10 3CMEUR000001*CA18TC239 AOK Bahnhofstr. Dresden 01099 DE *EAEVS+000000000000104200EUR*PA1ZV0Y2036650001829 02+0000012 +0000000+00000000+00000000+00000000*SA000005

--------------050801040202040701030308--

The HTTP response (if successful) is multipart MIME as shown below. This example will extract the response content using the Chilkat MIME API.
Content-type: text/html
Content-length: 138

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>UPS Internet Software</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>UPS Internet Software, Copyright UPS 1998</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

--BOUNDARY
Content-type: application/x-ups-psmpld
Content-length: 104

UPSOnLine%1.0%0000%0000Successful completion - No errors found.                                    

--BOUNDARY
Content-type: application/x-ups-pld
Content-length: 800

000200000787300000640 KDGPLCR1                   United Parcel Service                      09/06/16  Page:1                    Test PLD Control Report                     05:44 PM                                                                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pickup Date:20030813 Sequence#:000005900000002 #of Segments:000000000000000005                                                                                                                                                                  Shipper#:0TEST0     Book/Page#:5900000002 Shipments:000001 Packages:0000000001 10000012900000000Successful completion - No errors found.                                        
!!! Test Upload !!!
File Uploaded: n/a

--BOUNDARY--

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Rust

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

let req = chilkat::HttpRequest::new();

// The ContentType, HttpVerb, and Path properties should
// always be explicitly set.
req.set_http_verb("POST");
req.set_path("/hapld/tos/kdwhapltos");
req.set_content_type("multipart/mixed");

// The 1st body of the multipart/mixed HTTP request will have a content-type of application/x-www-form-urlencoded
// It contains URL encoded parameters.
// We'll use a temporary HTTP request object solely for the purpose of generating our URL encoded parameter string.
let param_encoder = chilkat::HttpRequest::new();
param_encoder.add_param("AppVersion", "1.0");
param_encoder.add_param("AcceptUPSLicenseAgreement", "YES");
param_encoder.add_param("VersionNumber", "V4R1");
param_encoder.add_param("UserId", "UPS_USERID");
param_encoder.add_param("Password", "UPS_PASSWORD");
let url_encoded_params = param_encoder.get_url_encoded_params().unwrap_or_default();

// The UPS server wants all params to be URL encoded except for the ResponseType param.
// Therefore, we'll add ResponseType unencoded at the end, like this:
let sb_params = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
let _ = sb_params.append(&url_encoded_params);
let _ = sb_params.append("&ResponseType=application/x-ups-pld");
// Also, it is very important to include a CRLF at the end.  (This is to satisfy undocumented details
// required by the UPS PLD server.)
let _ = sb_params.append("\r\n");

// Add the params as the 1st sub-part of the multipart/mixed request
let _ = req.add_string_for_upload2("", "", &sb_params.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default(), "", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

// Now for the 2nd part (using some junk data found on the developerkitcommunity.ups.com site.
// Notice the CRLF at the end of the string.  This is important.
let pld = "020094                                  2003081300000590000000200   000000001*AA0TEST0    DE                5900000002000001*BA1Z0TEST06800000018                 00001+0000000000000010 +0000000000000000KGS11PRE10                                   3CMEUR000001*CA18                                   United Parcel Service              Goerlitzer Str 1                                                                                         Neuss                              41460    DE                                                        *PA1Z0TEST06800000018                 02+0000010                                                                                      +0000000+00000000+00000000+00000000*SA000004\r\n".to_string();

let _ = req.add_string_for_upload2("", "", &pld, "", "application/x-ups-binary");

// The UPS PLD server requires Content-Length headers within the MIME sub-parts of the request.
// If a Content-Length sub-header is added (with an arbitrary value, such as 0),
// then Chilkat will compute the actual sub-part size and replace the value when the request is sent.
let _ = req.add_sub_header(0, "Content-Length", "0");
let _ = req.add_sub_header(1, "Content-Length", "0");

// 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 top-level 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
//    method is called.

// Now send the request...
let http = chilkat::Http::new();

// If desired (for debugging), provide a flie path for a session log.
// The session log can be sent to support@chilkatsoft.com if the PLD request fails.
http.set_session_log_filename("c:/aaworkarea/ups_pld/sessionLog.txt");

// Send the PLD request over TLS..
let resp = chilkat::HttpResponse::new();
if http.http_s_req("www.pld-certify.ups.com", 443, true, &req, &resp).is_err() {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Load the response MIME.
let mime = chilkat::Mime::new();
let _ = mime.load_mime(&resp.full_mime());

// If it does not have 3 sub-parts, then something is amiss...
if mime.num_parts() != 3 {
    println!("Unexpected number of MIME parts.");
    println!("{}", resp.full_mime());
    return;
}

// Examine each response part.

let part0 = chilkat::Mime::new();
let _ = mime.part_at(0, &part0).is_ok();

println!("---- text/html part ----");
println!("{}", part0.get_body_decoded().unwrap_or_default());

let part1 = chilkat::Mime::new();
let _ = mime.part_at(1, &part1).is_ok();

println!("---- application/x-ups-psmpld part ----");
println!("{}", part1.get_body_decoded().unwrap_or_default());

let part2 = chilkat::Mime::new();
let _ = mime.part_at(2, &part2).is_ok();

println!("---- application/x-ups-pld part ----");
println!("{}", part2.get_body_decoded().unwrap_or_default());