You can pass a string to a POST request, by setting the body:

body = Http.string someStringValue

So if you could convert the binary data into a base64 encoded string you
could then pass it as the body of the request.



On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Martin DeMello <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thanks, I took a look at that, but it loads the file data into elm, where
> we still have the problem that we cannot attach a binary blob to a POST
> request.
>
> I'm not fully sure, but I think the flow needs to be:
> 1. Get filename from the input button, in elm.
> 2. Pass filename to javascript
> 3. Upload the file and attach it to an ajax post request in javascript
> 4. Pass the return value of the ajax call back to elm
>
> martin
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