[fpc-pascal] Prorammatically sending file using HTTP POST?

[Bo Berglund]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:09:49 +0200 (CEST), Michael Van Canneyt
<michael at freepascal.org> wrote:

>I don't know what a 'good example' is for you, but the code in
>
>https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27257577/indy-mime-decoding-of-multipart-form-data-requests-returns-trailing-cr-lf
>
>Is quite understandable.

I found this example too, but it seems to be dealing with *server*
side stuff...

I am trying to create a *client* function which will send a POST
command like a browser would when I click the submit button on the
simple form I showed the source for.

It works fine if I use the web browser to connect and load the form,
then select the file and finally hit the submit button.
But since I already have all of the other device config items inside
an FPC program I wanted the firmware upload to also be part of it...

This is how far I have gotten with the UploadFirmware method:

function TConfigCommHandler.UploadFirmware(FileName: string; URL:
string): boolean;
var
  HTTP: TIdHTTP;
  Src: TIdMultipartFormDataStream;
begin
  Result := false;
  if not FileExists(FileName) then exit;
  HTTP := TIdHTTP.Create;
  Src := TIdMultipartFormDataStream.Create;
  try
    Src.AddFormField('?',?);
    Src.AddFile(FileName,'?');
    try
      HTTP.Post(URL, Src, ?);
      Result := true;
    except
      on E: Exception do
        FLastError := 'Exception: ' + E.Message;
    end;
  finally
    Src.Free;;
    HTTP.Free;
  end;
end;

It is all about formulating the correct parameters towards the
HTTP.Post function.


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden