Intellij IDEA REST Client file uploading

Question

I am trying to upload file through Intellij IDEA REST Client. I choose "File to upload (multipart/form-data)" and choose file to send. What is parameter name of this file? In my Sprint Controller i use this code

@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = "/{id}/photo")
public void setCover(@PathVariable int id,
                     @RequestParam MultipartFile file) {
    System.out.println(file.getName());
}

I also tried different names, such as "file", "fileToSend", "File to send" for @RequestParam, but Spring always cant find MultipartFile paramater.

Answer 1

I use the following code which works for me:

POST http://localhost:9003/goods/add HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=boundary

--boundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="file.csv"

// The 'input.txt' file will be uploaded
< /Users/xing/Desktop/file.csv
--boundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="advertType"

1
--boundary

// The method in the Spring controller
public Xxxx add(@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile file, Long advertType) {

For more information, please refer to https://www.jetbrains.com/help/ruby/exploring-http-syntax.html#use-multipart-form-data

Answer 2

If you wish to do multipart file uploads inside IntelliJ IDEA's REST Client, please upvote this bug report => https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-20197

Answer 3

File upload is not allowed due to security concern, not for application running on local machine. This solution worked for me. Its based on the comment by vincent.

See below:

POST http://localhost:8080/api/test HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=WebAppBoundary

--WebAppBoundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param1"; filename="myfile.csv"
Content-Type: application/csv

 // below will the path to the file (i.e. myfile.csv)
< C:/users/user/data/sample/myfile.csv
--WebAppBoundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="param2"

 // value of param2
test
--WebAppBoundary

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