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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
http.BasicAuth = True
http.Login = "username"
http.Password = "password"
Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/v2/apps/{{appId}}/attachments?access=public&for=message&conversationId=c616a583e4c240a871818541"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.AddParam("source","amet officia cons")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.SynchronousRequest("domain.com",443,True,req)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' 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
Dim MediaUrl As String = jResp.StringOf("attachment.mediaUrl")
Dim MediaType As String = jResp.StringOf("attachment.mediaType")
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}"
}
]
}
