topic Re: Java API for file upload? in Alfresco Archive

Java API for file upload?

agatap — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:16:15 GMT

I am writing a java-backed webscript, that should upload a file to the repository (as a custom content type).Currently we work on Alfresco 2.1C, with Oracle/MySql.I have a form, which sends the content type to multipart, and sends the file in the body of a POST.Its a simple XML file with meta-data,

Re: Java API for file upload?

tommorris — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:28:32 GMT

Yes, I've added a servlet to alfresco to do this job, and it works fine.
But your first idea of using a java-backed webscript is better.

Use the org.apache.commons.fileupload package to help you.
Here's a code snippet that does the job:

protected Map<String, Object> executeImpl(WebScriptRequest req, WebScriptStatus status) {
    HttpServletRequest httpReq = ((WebScriptServletRequest)req).getHttpServletRequest();
    FileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
    ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
    List<FileItem> items = upload.parseRequest(httpReq);
    for (Iterator<FileItem> iter = items.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
        FileItem item = (FileItem) iter.next();

…. and so on…
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Tom
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Re: Java API for file upload?

agatap — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:08:37 GMT

Thanks!