Swift Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Parse Multipart Binary Http Response

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This example demonstrates how to parse an HTTP response that is multipart and contains a binary file, such as a .zip or .pdf. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let http = CkoHttp()!
    let req = CkoHttpRequest()!

    //  ...
    //  Insert code here to construct some kind of HTTP request.
    //  this example is to show how to parse a particular kind of response.
    //  ...
    //  ...

    //  Send the request (whatever it may be in your case) to get the HTTP response object.
    let resp = CkoHttpResponse()!
    success = http.httpSReq(domain: "www.somedomain.com", port: 443, ssl: true, request: req, response: resp)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    //  Get the response body (which is expected to be binary)
    let respBody = CkoBinData()!
    resp.getBodyBd(binData: respBody)

    //  For this example, the response body contains something like this:

    //  ------=_Part_21302_2029949381.1547401515443
    //  Content-Type: application/xop+xml; charset=UTF-8; type="text/xml"
    //  Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
    //  Content-ID: <rootpart@ws.jboss.org>
    //  
    //  <env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'><env:Header></env:Header><env:Body>...</env:Body></env:Envelope>
    //  ------=_Part_21302_2029949381.1547401515443
    //  Content-Type: application/octet-stream
    //  Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
    //  Content-Id: <fileArchivio-7d302908-4d64-43d3-bf4e-79ce806d43b3@ws.jboss.org>
    //  
    //  BINARY_CONTENT_HERE...
    //  
    //  ------=_Part_21302_2029949381.1547401515443--
    //  

    //  Load it into a Chilkat MIME object.
    let mime = CkoMime()!
    success = mime.loadBd(bindat: respBody)
    if success == false {
        print("\(mime.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var numParts: Int = mime.numParts.intValue
    if numParts < 2 {
        print("Expected multipart MIME with at least 2 sub-parts.")
        return
    }

    //  Get the 1st sub-part, which is the XML.

    let part0 = CkoMime()!
    mime.part(at: 0, subPart: part0)

    //  Should be OK because we checked NumParts above..
    var xmlStr: String? = part0.getBodyDecoded()
    print("\(xmlStr!)")
    print("----")

    //  Save the 2nd part to a file.  (It is a .zip file in our test case..)

    let part1 = CkoMime()!
    mime.part(at: 1, subPart: part1)

    success = part1.saveBody(path: "qa_output/attachedZip.zip")

    //  Alternatively, we could extract the binary data to a BinData and use elsewhere..
    let zipData = CkoBinData()!
    success = part1.getBodyBd(binDat: zipData)
    success = zipData.writeFile(path: "qa_output/attachedZip_again.zip")

    print("OK.")

}