On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:53 PM, josh <[email protected]> wrote: > I try to make an HTTP PUT to an API. this endpoint allow sending a file and > it saves it somewhere for later retrieval.
If you want to simply upload a file, you don't want to be making a multipart request, which is what your Node code is doing. Instead, if you have a small amount of data, just provide that as 'body' (not inside 'multipart') in the request options. Better, though, is to stream the body data, as in one of the earlier examples in the request library readme. -- Martin Cooper > Here is the way I do it (successfully) with curl: > curl -sSf -T file1 http://api.my-server/file1 (PUT) and curl -O -L > http://api.my-server/file1 (GET) > > Here is a verbose PUT: (the unique name of my file will be test-file-7) > curl -sSf -T file1 http://api.my-server.com:3000/test.bla/test-file-7 -v > >> PUT /test.bla/test-file-7 HTTP/1.1 >> User-Agent: curl/7.21.4 (universal-apple-darwin11.0) libcurl/7.21.4 >> OpenSSL/0.9.8r zlib/1.2.5 >> Host: api.my-server.com:3000 >> Accept: */* >> Content-Length: 12 >> Expect: 100-continue >> > < HTTP/1.1 100 Continue > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK > < Server: nginx/0.6.34 > < Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:10:18 GMT > < Content-Type: text/html > < Transfer-Encoding: chunked > < Connection: close > < Vary: Accept-Encoding > < Status: 200 OK > < > * Closing connection #0 > > > > here is my node code that is trying to imitate the curl: > > module.exports = saveFile; > > var request = require('request'); // Mikeal's request package > var rand = Math.floor(Math.random()*100000000).toString(); > > // curl -sSf -T file1 <url>/file-name > function saveFile() { > request({ > method: 'PUT', > uri: 'http://api.my-server.com:3000/file-' + rand, > multipart: [ { > 'content-type': 'application/json', > body: JSON.stringify({ > foo: 'bar', > _attachments: {'message.txt': {follows: true, length: 18, > 'content_type': 'text/plain' }} > }) > }, > { body: 'I am an attachment' } > ] > } > , function (error, response, body) { > if(response.statusCode == 200){ > console.log('ok); > } else { > console.log('error: '+ response.statusCode) > console.log(body) > } > }); > }; > > the difference between this code and the curl version is i am not loading a > file from the file system in the node version. > if this is the issue, can anyone guide me about doing it? i probably need > to change the content type and might not need the multipart? i am not sure. > > here is the output i see in the terminal: > // boundary >> D0F5DF48-E3F9-4C8B-93F2-2A7EFA47F7C4 > // ok > > > // when i retrieve the file from the server using curl -O -L > http://api.my-server/file1 > // i see: > > cat file1 => > --D0F5DF48-E3F9-4C8B-93F2-2A7EFA47F7C4 > content-type: application/json > > {"foo":"bar","_attachments":{"message.txt":{"follows":true,"length":18,"content_type":"text/plain"}}} > --D0F5DF48-E3F9-4C8B-93F2-2A7EFA47F7C4 > > I am an attachment > > > > any idea why do i see so many lines instead of only the last one? > is it the multipart or maybe the content-type? > > Also, I can talk to the guy that created the API i am using. i am just not > sure what questions should I ask him. > Also, any insight about mutiparts, mime-types and encoding would be > appreciated. this stuff is confusing! > > Thanks! > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
