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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

Dim req As New Chilkat.HttpRequest
req.HttpVerb = "POST"
req.Path = "/rest/v1/attachments"
req.ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
req.AddParam("file","<string>")

req.AddHeader("Authorization","{{apiKey}}")
req.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.SynchronousRequest("api.easybill.de",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)

' {
'   "created_at": "<date>",
'   "customer_id": null,
'   "document_id": null,
'   "file_name": "<string>",
'   "id": "<long>",
'   "project_id": null,
'   "size": "<integer>"
' }

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




Dim created_at As String = jResp.StringOf("created_at")
Dim customer_id As String = jResp.StringOf("customer_id")
Dim document_id As String = jResp.StringOf("document_id")
Dim file_name As String = jResp.StringOf("file_name")
Dim id As String = jResp.StringOf("id")
Dim project_id As String = jResp.StringOf("project_id")
Dim size As String = jResp.StringOf("size")

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: {{apiKey}}"
	-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
	-H "Accept: application/json"
	--form 'file=<string>'
https://api.easybill.de/rest/v1/attachments

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create attachment",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "multipart/form-data"
      },
      {
        "key": "Accept",
        "value": "application/json"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "formdata",
      "formdata": [
        {
          "key": "file",
          "value": "<string>",
          "description": "(Required) ",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/attachments",
      "host": [
        "{{baseUrl}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "attachments"
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Successful operation",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "multipart/form-data"
          },
          {
            "key": "Accept",
            "value": "application/json"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "value": "<string>",
              "description": "(Required) ",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/attachments",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "attachments"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n  \"created_at\": \"<date>\",\n  \"customer_id\": null,\n  \"document_id\": null,\n  \"file_name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"id\": \"<long>\",\n  \"project_id\": null,\n  \"size\": \"<integer>\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "Too Many Requests",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "multipart/form-data"
          },
          {
            "description": "Added as a part of security scheme: apikey",
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "<API Key>"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "formdata",
          "formdata": [
            {
              "key": "file",
              "value": "<string>",
              "description": "(Required) ",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{baseUrl}}/attachments",
          "host": [
            "{{baseUrl}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "attachments"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Too Many Requests",
      "code": 429,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
      "header": [
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": ""
    }
  ]
}