Compress & upload a file

main.rs

use flate2::write::{GzEncoder};
use flate2::Compression;
use std::fs::File;
use reqwest::blocking::Client;
use std::error;
use std::fs;
use reqwest::header::CONTENT_LENGTH;
use reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION;
use reqwest::blocking::multipart::Form;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn error::Error>> {
    println!("Starting compression");
    let tar_gz = File::create("archive.tar.gz")?;
    let enc = GzEncoder::new(tar_gz, Compression::default());
    let mut tar = tar::Builder::new(enc);
    tar.append_dir_all("", "/local/dir")?;

    println!("Compression success");
    println!("Starting upload");
    let client = Client::new();
    let filesize = fs::metadata("archive.tar.gz")?.len();
    let form = Form::new()
        // Adding just a simple text field...
        .text("username", "My-USER")
        // And a file...
        .file("file[]", "archive.tar.gz")?;

    let res = client
        .post("https://upload.1fichier.com/upload.cgi?id=AUB3EB9LVH")
        .multipart(form)
        .header(reqwest::header::CONTENT_LENGTH, filesize)
        .header(reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION, "Bearer API_KEY")
        .send()?;

    println!("{:?}", res);
    println!("Upload success");
    Ok(())
}