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This page was last modified 22:34, 13 December 2007.

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The following code can be used to upload any file, image, text , video etc.. as a binary file to a server.

The HTTPEngine should have MHTTPDataSupplier as its parent class, as the following functions need to be implemented for the upload process

TBool GetNextDataPart(TPtrC8& aDataPart);
void ReleaseData();
TInt Reset();
TInt OverallDataSize();

The content-type for the post should be

_LIT8(KPostContentType, "multipart/form-data; boundary=AaB03x");

In the MHFRunL the case EGotResponseBodyData should do this

MHTTPDataSupplier* dataSupplier = aTransaction.Response().Body();
TPtrC8 ptr;
dataSupplier->GetNextDataPart(ptr);
				
				
// Convert to 16-bit descriptor
HBufC* buf = HBufC::NewLC(ptr.Length());
buf->Des().Copy(ptr);
 
// Append to iResponseBuffer
if (iResponseBuffer==NULL)
{
iResponseBuffer = buf->AllocL();
}
else
{
iResponseBuffer = iResponseBuffer->ReAllocL(iResponseBuffer->Length()+buf->Length());
iResponseBuffer->Des().Append(*buf);
}
 
// Release buf
CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(buf);
 
if(!iDataAvailable)
{
	iRunning=EFalse;	
	iTransaction.Close();							
}	
else
{
        dataSupplier->ReleaseData();
}

POST code Get the file you want to upload in binary format

RFs aFs;
User::LeaveIfError(aFs.Connect());
CleanupClosePushL(aFs);
 
RFile aFile;
		
User::LeaveIfError(aFile.Open(aFs, iFileName, EFileShareAny));
	
TInt aSize;
User::LeaveIfError(aFile.Size(aSize));
 
iPostDataImage = HBufC8::NewL(aSize);
TPtr8 aPtr = iPostDataImage->Des();
 
//Obviously we have to read in the data to the iPostDataImage (ray)
aFile.Read(0, aPtr, aSize);
 
aFile.Close();
aFs.Close();
CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(&aFs);

Using EFileShareAny ensures that if the file can be opened by any other application. The file is read into iPostDataImage as a binary file.

Now create the upload format

_LIT8(KDataStart,"--AaB03x");
_LIT8(KCrlf,"\r\n");
_LIT8(KContent,"Content-Disposition: form-data; name='userfile'; filename='");
_LIT8(KFileCompletion,"'");
		
_LIT(KContent2,"Content-Type: image/gif");
_LIT(KContent3,"Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
_LIT8(KDataEnd,"--AaB03x--");
 
iPostData = HBufC8::NewL(650+aPtr.Length());
		
		
TPtr8 iPostDataPtr = iPostData->Des();
iPostDataPtr.Zero();
 
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KDataStart);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KContent);
iPostDataPtr.Append(aFname);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KFileCompletion);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KContent2);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KContent3);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);
iPostDataPtr.Append(aPtr); //the file in binary
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KDataEnd);
iPostDataPtr.Append(KCrlf);

Submit the transaction

RHTTPHeaders hdr = iTransaction.Request().GetHeaderCollection();
AddHeaderL(hdr, HTTP::EUserAgent, KUserAgent);
AddHeaderL(hdr, HTTP::EAccept, KAccept);
AddHeaderL(hdr, HTTP::EContentType, KPostContentType);
 
MHTTPDataSupplier* dataSupplier = this;
iTransaction.Request().SetBody(*dataSupplier);
 
iTransaction.SubmitL();

Implement DataSupplier functions

TBool CHTTPExampleEngine::GetNextDataPart(TPtrC8& aDataPart)
{
	TBool retVal = EFalse;
   	aDataPart.Set(iPostData->Des());
   	retVal = (aDataPart.Length() == 0);
   	iDataAvailable=retVal;
   	return retVal;
}
 
TInt CHTTPExampleEngine::OverallDataSize()
{
	if(iPostData)		
		return iPostData->Length();
	else
		return KErrNotFound ;
}
 
void CHTTPExampleEngine::ReleaseData()
{
        if(iDataAvailable)
	iTransaction.NotifyNewRequestBodyPartL();
}

Any binary file can be uploaded with this upload code.