REST API - HTTP Fileupload with Status Code 415

Question

Hi im building a REST API to upload files.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.POST;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;



@Path("/api")
public class RestAPI {

    private final String UPLOADED_FILE_PATH = "C:/ProgramData/XXXX/";

    @GET
    public String getFile() {
     
        return "Loading File...";
    }

    @POST
    @Path("/image-upload")
    @Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)
    public Response uploadFile(HttpEntity input) throws IOException {
        // Do stuff
        return Response.status(200).entity("Uploaded file name : " + "").build();
    }

Uploader Class:

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntityBuilder;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.StringBody;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;

public class DemoFileUploader {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        DemoFileUploader fileUpload = new DemoFileUploader();
        File file = new File("C:/Users/tdr/Desktop/TestFile.txt");
        // Upload the file
        fileUpload.executeMultiPartRequest("http://localhost:8080/MediaHandler/mediahandler/api/image-upload",
                file, file.getName(), "File Uploaded :: TestFile.txt");
    }

    public void executeMultiPartRequest(String urlString, File file, String fileName, String fileDescription)
            throws Exception {

        // default client builder
        CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
        HttpPost postRequest = new HttpPost(urlString);
        try {
            FileBody fileBody = new FileBody(file, ContentType.DEFAULT_BINARY);
            // Set various attributes
            HttpEntity multiPartEntity = MultipartEntityBuilder.create()
                    .addPart("fileDescription",
                            new StringBody(fileDescription != null ? fileDescription : "",
                                    ContentType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA))
                    .addPart("fileName", new StringBody(fileName != null ? fileName : file.getName(),
                            ContentType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA))
                    .addPart("attachment", fileBody).build();

            // Set to request body
            postRequest.setEntity(multiPartEntity);
            System.out.println("Sending Request....");
            System.out.println("Request: " + postRequest);
            System.out.println("Request Entity: " + postRequest.getEntity().getContentType());
            // Send request
            CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postRequest);
            System.out.println("Request executed.");

            // Verify response if any
            if (response != null) {
                System.out.println("Response Status Code: " + response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
                System.out.println("Response: " + response);
                System.out.println("Response Entity: " + response);
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

and i get the following output:

Sending Request.... Request: POST http://localhost:8080/MediaHandler/mediahandler/api/image-upload HTTP/1.1 Request Entity: Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=eINJSk3iptTJP7wf-cXlS-uznnnGMl99FyFmlet Request executed. Response Status Code: 415 Response: HTTP/1.1 415 [Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8, Content-Language: de, Content-Length: 785, Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:19:35 GMT, Keep-Alive: timeout=20, Connection: keep-alive] Response Entity: HTTP/1.1 415 [Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8, Content-Language: de, Content-Length: 785, Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:19:35 GMT, Keep-Alive: timeout=20, Connection: keep-alive]

I tried to follow all examples i found, but all of them are similar to my code. Do u guys can tell me where the bug is?

im sending a multipart/form-data and my restapi is expecting multipart/form-data...

S.Balaban S.Balaban · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-31T13:09:21

Can you remove this annotation:

@Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)

or request header must contains Content-Type: MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA

REST API - HTTP Fileupload with Status Code 415

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