WebFileUpload Function

Action

Posts the content of a Web form, including specified files, to the Web server by means of the HTTP POST method. This function implements a RFC1867-compliant file upload function for form-based file upload in HTML.

This is a mapping to WebUrlPostBin, and uses a form specified in the dclform section to construct the data to post to the server.

The form consists of name-value pairs as usual, only the files to upload need a minor modification: a file to upload needs to be specified by a name-value pair in the following way:

"filename" := "<name of the input tag>;<file name>;<content type>";

Example: upload of file c:\test.txt

HTML code:

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="data2html.asp" method=post>
  <input type="text" name="anyname" value="anyvalue">
  <input size="32" name="my_file" type="file">
  <input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>

BDL form:

"anyname"  := "anyvalue",
"filename" := "my_file;C:\\test.txt;plain/text";

Include file

WebAPI.bdh

Syntax

WebFileUpload( in sUrl     : string,
               in formBody : form,
               in fWait    : float optional ): boolean;

Return value

true if successful
false otherwise

Parameter	Description
sUrl	Complete URL to the file on the server
formBody	Form identifier used in the dclform section (see example below). The expanded form is added to the body of the request. The Content-Length is added automatically. The Content-Type is multipart/form-data.
fWait	Minimum time or minimum mean time that this function call has to last (optional). Default value is 0.0

Example

dcltrans
  transaction TWebFileUpload
  begin
    WebFileUpload("http://standardhost/data2html.asp", FILE_UPLOAD_FORM);
  end TWebFileUpload;

dclform
FILE_UPLOAD_FORM:
  "anyname"  := "anyvalue", 
  "filename" := "my_file;C:\\temp\\test.doc;application/msword";