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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    http.put_BasicAuth(true);
    http.put_Login("username");
    http.put_Password("password");

    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();
    req.put_HttpVerb("POST");
    req.put_Path("/v2/apps/{{appId}}/attachments?access=public&for=message&conversationId=c616a583e4c240a871818541");
    req.put_ContentType("multipart/form-data");
    req.AddParam("source","amet officia cons");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.SynchronousRequest("domain.com",443,true,req);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.put_EmitCompact(false);

    Log.i(TAG, "Response Body:");
    Log.i(TAG, jResp.emit());

    int respStatusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    Log.i(TAG, "Response Status Code = " + String.valueOf(respStatusCode));
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Response Header:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.header());
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed.");

        return;
        }

    // Sample JSON response:
    // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

    // {
    //   "attachment": {
    //     "mediaUrl": "http://smooch.io/rocks.smooch.media-dev/apps/5ec41c54fe13cc5ac404bedc/conversations/c616a583e4c240a871818541/TmYMVQUBNsQRItX4fKf4aC-T/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-02%20at%204.04.41%20PM.png",
    //     "mediaType": "image/png"
    //   }
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

    String MediaUrl = jResp.stringOf("attachment.mediaUrl");
    String MediaType = jResp.stringOf("attachment.mediaType");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-u 'username:password'
	-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
	--form 'source=amet officia cons'
https://domain.com/v2/apps/{{appId}}/attachments?access=public&for=message&conversationId=c616a583e4c240a871818541

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Upload Attachment",
  "_postman_id": "7ce74c14-487b-4d62-aeb1-7d1ab9d98568",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "multipart/form-data"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "source",
          "value": "amet officia cons",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{url}}/v2/apps/{{appId}}/attachments?access=public&for=message&conversationId=c616a583e4c240a871818541",
      "host": [
        "{{url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "v2",
        "apps",
        "{{appId}}",
        "attachments"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "access",
          "value": "public",
          "description": "(Required) The access level for the attachment. Currently the available access levels are public and private."
        },
        {
          "key": "for",
          "value": "message",
          "description": "Specifies the intended container for the attachment, to enable automatic attachment deletion (on deletion of associated message, conversation or user). For now, only message is supported. See [Attachments for Messages](#section/Attachments-for-Messages) for details."
        },
        {
          "key": "conversationId",
          "value": "c616a583e4c240a871818541",
          "description": "Links the attachment getting uploaded to the conversation ID."
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Upload an attachment to Sunshine Conversations to use in future messages. Files are uploaded using the multipart/form-data content type. Use the returned mediaUrl to send a file, image or carousel message.\n<aside class=\"notice\">Note that Sunshine Conversations limits the size and type of file you can upload to the platform. See the <a href=\"https://docs.smooch.io/guide/validating-files\">file validation</a> guide for more details.</aside>\n"
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "id": "7fd2235e-ca63-4848-b2cd-9e12ac4c8d35",
      "name": "Bad request",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": {
              "content": "Added as a part of security scheme: bearer",
              "type": "text/plain"
            },
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Bearer <token>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "source",
              "value": "amet officia cons",
              "description": {
                "content": "",
                "type": "text/plain"
              },
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/v2/apps/:appId/attachments?access=public&for=message&conversationId=c616a583e4c240a871818541",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v2",
            "apps",
            ":appId",
            "attachments"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "access",
              "value": "public"
            },
            {
              "key": "for",
              "value": "message"
            },
            {
              "key": "conversationId",
              "value": "c616a583e4c240a871818541"
            }
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "appId"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "text/plain"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": ""
    },
    {
      "id": "e96c5e0e-c349-4158-8835-ec9268391da7",
      "name": "Created",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "description": {
              "content": "Added as a part of security scheme: bearer",
              "type": "text/plain"
            },
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "Bearer <token>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "source",
              "value": "amet officia cons",
              "description": {
                "content": "",
                "type": "text/plain"
              },
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/v2/apps/:appId/attachments?access=public&for=message&conversationId=c616a583e4c240a871818541",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "v2",
            "apps",
            ":appId",
            "attachments"
          ],
          "query": [
            {
              "key": "access",
              "value": "public"
            },
            {
              "key": "for",
              "value": "message"
            },
            {
              "key": "conversationId",
              "value": "c616a583e4c240a871818541"
            }
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "appId"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Created",
      "code": 201,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n \"attachment\": {\n  \"mediaUrl\": \"http://smooch.io/rocks.smooch.media-dev/apps/5ec41c54fe13cc5ac404bedc/conversations/c616a583e4c240a871818541/TmYMVQUBNsQRItX4fKf4aC-T/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-02%20at%204.04.41%20PM.png\",\n  \"mediaType\": \"image/png\"\n }\n}"
    }
  ]
}