Is there some code for sending files via http?

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

I'd like to upload files to the spinneret via the browser.

Is there code somewhere already for this?

Thanks
OBC

wiresalot

None that I know of. Whats wrong with using FTP (file transfer protocol)

wiresalot

Mike G

FTP is great but as far as I know we don't have the software for the SPinneret. Plus there might be programming memory constraints trying to run both HTTP and FTP on the Spinneret.

I'm working on HTTP file upload but it has been more difficult than I expected.

Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)

If anyone has gotten POST to work, uploading a file should also work, since the file contents will be one of the parameters. But it will be encoded base64, so you will have to decode it back to binary/ASCII.

-Phil

Beau Schwabe

OBC,

Something like this?

        <form action='File Upload' method=post enctype='multipart/form-data'>
        <label accesskey=u>Select a document from your computer:
        <input type=file name=file accept='text/html'></label>
        <label accesskey=V><input type=submit value='Upload it!'></label>
        </form>

See the code HERE in action <-The content length should be under 2K

If you DEBUG through the PST with something like...

         PST.str(@data)

... after you have established a connection and sent a file, you should see the data content on the Spinneret side. Something like this ...

Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------669407381956690083388292077

Content-Length: 246



-----------------------------669407381956690083388292077

Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="This is a test"

Content-Type: application/octet-stream



Hello World


-----------------------------669407381956690083388292077--

In this case the file was a text file named "This is a Test" ... inside the file it contained "Hello World"

Mike G

I messed up on the content-type... Thanks.

Mike G

Okay, now I'm kicking myself. I messed with the HTTP file upload for a few hours then gave up because I was not seeing what I expected in the HTTP request. Well, I had a simple HTML fart... geez

Thanks Phil and Beau for setting me straight.