VBScript

REST File Upload (multipart/form-data)

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

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Connect to the HTTP server using TLS.
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
' Make sure to replace "www.chilkatsoft.com" with your domain..
success = rest.Connect("www.chilkatsoft.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set fileStream = CreateObject("Chilkat.Stream")
fileStream.SourceFile = "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg"

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

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

responseBody = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/the_uri_path_to_receive_the_upload")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("File uploaded")

outFile.Close