topic Re: File upload from browser in Alfresco Archive

File upload from browser

dasjlm — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:10:48 GMT

I'm not having a lot of luck figuring out how to upload a file into the repository via a web service.I can read a file from the web server and save in the repository, but how does a remote app read a local file on their pc and save in the repoistory.I think I suppose to exploit the UploadContentServ

Re: File upload from browser

dasjlm — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:02:53 GMT

A short snippet of code showing the use of the ContentUploadServlet would be a hudge help. If anyone has one I'd really appreicate not having to reinvent the wheel.

Re: File upload from browser

tim-erwin — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:21:59 GMT

There is a possibility to upload content via webservice as demonstrated in the ContentReadAndWrite example. Why should I use the servlet?

Re: File upload from browser

rwetherall — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:55:42 GMT

Hi,

There are a couple of reasons for using the servlet over the write() method on the content web service:

- In order to add the binary data to the web service request the entire file must be read. If it is a large file then running out memory in the client JVM is a possibility.
- Web service requests made via Axis have a maximum size, so limiting the size of files sent. Streaming of requests is not supported by Axis.

Using the servlet allows the content to be streamed into the repository content store using a standard PUT HTTP method.

See http://forums.alfresco.com/viewtopic.php?t=7403 for some more discussion on this topic.

Cheers,
Roy