(Swift 2) Asynchronous HTTP Upload

Demonstrates how to do an HTTP upload asynchronously in a background thread.

A server-side C# example showing how to receive an upload is located at C# ASP.NET Code to Receive Upload

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func chilkatTest() {
    let upload = CkoUpload()

    // Specify the page (ASP, ASP.NET, Perl, Python, Ruby, CGI, etc)
    // that will process the HTTP Upload.
    upload.Hostname = "www.mywebserver.com"
    upload.Path = "/receiveUpload.aspx"

    // Add one or more files to be uploaded.
    upload.AddFileReference("file1", path: "dude.gif")
    upload.AddFileReference("file2", path: "pigs.xml")
    upload.AddFileReference("file3", path: "sample.doc")

    // Begin the HTTP upload in a background thread:
    var success: Bool = upload.BeginUpload()
    if success != true {
        print("\(upload.LastErrorText)")
    }
    else {
        print("Upload started...")
    }

    // Wait for the upload to finish.
    // Print the progress as we wait...
    while (upload.UploadInProgress == true) {
        // We can abort the upload at any point by calling:
        // upload.AbortUpload();

        // Display the percentage complete and the number of bytes uploaded so far..
        // The total upload size will become set after the upload begins:
        print("\(upload.PercentUploaded)% \(upload.NumBytesSent)/\(upload.TotalUploadSize)")

        // Sleep 2/10ths of a second.
        upload.SleepMs(200)

    }

    // Did the upload succeed?
    if upload.UploadSuccess == true {
        print("Files uploaded!")
    }
    else {
        print("\(upload.LastErrorText)")
    }


}