Uploading a file using http post problem

[mynick1000]

I want to upload a binary file to a http server using http post method. I have used HttpClientExample as template and modified some functions. It can connect to the internet using an internet access point and when i check the logs, it shows like :

Sent : 30 Kb
Recieved : 6 Kb

meaning that it has posted the file.

I write the incoming data from the http server to a html file to get the server result. It says "No file was uploaded". And it does not upload the file.

I could'nt figure out where the problem is.

Please help me.

Thank you all

The modified HttpClientExample functions are :

_LIT8(KUserAgent, "SimpleClient 1.0");
_LIT8(KAccept, "*/*");
_LIT8(KPostContentType, "multipart/form-data; boundary=AaB03x");
_LIT8(KMimeType, "multipart/form-data; boundary=AaB03x");
_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--");

const TInt KStatustextBufferSize = 32;
const TInt KInfotextBufferSize = 64;
const TInt KURIBufferSize = 128;


TUint32 CHttpClientEngine::GetGprsAccessPoint()
{
	// open the IAP communications database 
	CCommsDatabase* commDB = CCommsDatabase::NewL(EDatabaseTypeIAP);
	CleanupStack::PushL(commDB);
	CCommsDbTableView* commDbTableView = commDB->OpenTableLC(TPtrC(IAP));
	CCommsDbConnectionPrefTableView* commDBView =  commDB->OpenConnectionPrefTableInRankOrderLC(ECommDbConnectionDirectionOutgoing);
	
	TInt err;
	TBuf<128> iapName;
	TUint32 iapID ;
	
	// Point to the first entry
	if (commDBView->GotoFirstRecord() == KErrNone)
	{
		do
		{
			commDbTableView->ReadTextL(TPtrC(COMMDB_NAME), iapName) ;
			
			if(iapName.Compare(_L("Operator Internet")) == 0)
			{
				commDbTableView->ReadUintL(TPtrC(COMMDB_ID), iapID) ;
				break; 
			}
		
			err = commDbTableView->GotoNextRecord() ;
		}
		while (err == KErrNone) ;
	}
	
	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(commDBView);
	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(commDbTableView);
	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(commDB);
	
	return iapID ;
}



void CHttpClientEngine::SetupConnectionL()
    {
    TInt bearerFilter = EApBearerTypeAllBearers;
    TInt currentProfileId;
    
    // Check whether we are offline or online
    iRepository->Get(KProEngActiveProfile, currentProfileId);

    // Close the connection only if
    // a) this is not the first time and
    // b) the profile has changed and
    // c) either the previous or the current profile is Offline (5 = Offline)
    if (iPrevProfileId != -1 && iPrevProfileId != currentProfileId &&
       (iPrevProfileId == 5 || currentProfileId == 5))
        {
        // Close and uninitialize
        iConnectionSetupDone = EFalse;
        iSession.Close();
        iConnection.Close();
        iSocketServ.Close();
        }
    
    // Save current profile id
    iPrevProfileId = currentProfileId;
    
    // Try to find an existing connection. If connection has not been set up,
    // iConnection is not initialized and FindExistingConnection() fails.
    // Thus, in that case, finding must not be carried out.
    if (iConnectionSetupDone && !FindExistingConnection())
        {
        iConnectionSetupDone = EFalse;
        }

    if (iConnectionSetupDone)
        {
        // Connection setup is done
        return;
        }
    
    // Open RHTTPSession with default protocol ("HTTP/TCP")
    iSession.OpenL();
    
    // Install this class as the callback for authentication requests. When
    // page requires authentication the framework calls GetCredentialsL to get
    // user name and password.
    InstallAuthenticationL(iSession);
    
    // In offline, only WLAN connections are available
    if (currentProfileId == 5)
        {
        bearerFilter = EApBearerTypeWLAN; 
        }

	iSelectedIap = GetGprsAccessPoint() ;
        
        // IAP Selected
        // Open socket server and start the connection
        User::LeaveIfError(iSocketServ.Connect());
        User::LeaveIfError(iConnection.Open(iSocketServ));
        // Now we have the iap Id. Use it to connect for the connection
        TCommDbConnPref connectPref;
        // Setup preferences 
        connectPref.SetDialogPreference(ECommDbDialogPrefDoNotPrompt);
        // Sets the CommDb ID of the IAP to use for this connection
        connectPref.SetIapId(iSelectedIap);
        // Start connection
        User::LeaveIfError(iConnection.Start(connectPref));
        // Set the sessions connection info...
        RStringPool strPool = iSession.StringPool();
        RHTTPConnectionInfo connInfo = iSession.ConnectionInfo();
        // ...to use our socket server and connection
        connInfo.SetPropertyL ( strPool.StringF(HTTP::EHttpSocketServ, RHTTPSession::GetTable() ), THTTPHdrVal (iSocketServ.Handle()) );
        // ...to use our connection
        connInfo.SetPropertyL ( strPool.StringF(HTTP::EHttpSocketConnection, RHTTPSession::GetTable() ), THTTPHdrVal (REINTERPRET_CAST(TInt, &(iConnection))) );

        iConnectionSetupDone = ETrue;

    }



void CHttpClientEngine::IssueHTTPPostL(const TDesC8& aUri,
                 const TDesC8& aContentType,
                 const TDesC& aFilePath,
                 const TDesC8& aFileName)
{
	// Parse string to URI
	TUriParser8 uri ;
	uri.Parse(aUri) ;
	
	// Copy data to be posted into member variable; iPostData is used later in
	// methods inherited from MHTTPDataSupplier.
	delete iPostData ;
	iPostData = 0 ;
	  

	// Read file data
	
	RFs aFs ;
	User::LeaveIfError(aFs.Connect()) ;
	CleanupClosePushL(aFs) ;
	
	RFile aFile ;
	
	User::LeaveIfError(aFile.Open(aFs, aFilePath, 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) ;
	
	// Read file data end


	// Prepare packet
	
	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(aFileName);
	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);
	
	// Prepare packet end
	 
	  
	
	// Create HTTP connection
	TRAPD(err, SetupConnectionL());
	
	  
	// User didn't select an IAP
	if (err == KErrNotReady) {
	  return;
	}
	
	// Get request method string for HTTP POST
	RStringF method = iSession.StringPool().StringF(HTTP::EPOST, RHTTPSession::GetTable());
	
	// Open transaction with previous method and parsed uri. This class will
	// receive transaction events in MHFRunL and MHFRunError.
	iTransaction = iSession.OpenTransactionL(uri, *this, method);
	
	// Set headers for request; user agent, accepted content type and body's
	// content type.
	RHTTPHeaders hdr = iTransaction.Request().GetHeaderCollection();
	SetHeaderL(hdr, HTTP::EUserAgent, KUserAgent);
	SetHeaderL(hdr, HTTP::EAccept, KAccept);
	SetHeaderL(hdr, HTTP::EContentType, aContentType);
	
	// Set this class as an data supplier. Inherited MHTTPDataSupplier methods
	// are called when framework needs to send body data.
	MHTTPDataSupplier* dataSupplier = this;
	iTransaction.Request().SetBody(*dataSupplier);
	
	// Submit the transaction. After this the framework will give transaction
	// events via MHFRunL and MHFRunError.
	iTransaction.SubmitL();
	
	iRunning = ETrue;
}

And the observer functions are :

void CMyAppUi::SendFile()
{
	SendFileToServer(_L("C:\\Data\\test.pdf"), _L("test.pdf")) ;
}

void CMyAppUi::SendFileToServer(const TDesC& aFilePath, const TDesC& aFileName)
{
    iHttpClientEngine->CancelTransaction();
	
    // Query uri and data to post
    TBuf<KDefaultBufferSize> uri;
    TBuf8<KDefaultBufferSize> uri8;

    uri.Copy(_L("http://w17.easy-share.com/cgi-bin/upload.cgi")) ;

    uri.LowerCase();
    uri8.Copy(uri);
    
    TBuf8<KMaxFileName> fileName8 ;
    fileName8.Copy(aFileName) ;
    
    // Start transaction
    TRAPD(err, iHttpClientEngine->IssueHTTPPostL(uri8, KPostContentType, aFilePath, fileName8));
    
    // TODO: Error handling
    if (err)
    {
    
    }
}



void CMyAppUi::HttpClientBodyReceived(const TDesC8& aBodyData)
{
	
	// Write the result string to a html file

	TBuf<256> aFile ;
	
	aFile.Copy(_L("C:\\Data\\result.html")) ;
	
	RFs fsSession ;
	User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.Connect()) ;
	
	RFile rFile ;
	TInt err = rFile.Open(fsSession, aFile, EFileStreamText | EFileWrite | EFileShareAny) ; 
	
	if(err == KErrNotFound) // file does not exist
	{
		err = rFile.Create(fsSession, aFile, EFileStreamText | EFileWrite | EFileShareAny) ; 
	}
	else
	{
		err = rFile.Replace(fsSession, aFile, EFileStreamText | EFileWrite | EFileShareAny) ; 
	}
	
	TInt pos(0) ;
	rFile.Seek(ESeekEnd, pos) ;
	
	User::LeaveIfError(rFile.Write(aBodyData)) ;
	User::LeaveIfError(rFile.Flush()) ;
	
	rFile.Close() ;
	fsSession.Close(); 
}

[mynick1000]

No idea?

Champs?

I need your help.

[symbianyucca]

maybe you could check if you are actually handling it correctly at the server side.

[mynick1000]

Hi yucca,

Thanks for reply.

I have checked handling the file at the server side. Actually I have also a form to upload a file via web interface. I can upload my file using the form. But i can not upload it using this http post method.

I have realized that when I don't point a file (I use null string) in form, I got the same error :

"No file was uploaded"

But, for my http post, as I have mentioned, when I checked the logs in the phone, I saw that lines :

Sent: 30 Kb
Receieved : 6 Kb

for a test file whose size is 28 Kb.

Thank you so much again. Any help will be appriciated.

Regards.

[symbianyucca]

basically can you log all stuff into a file in your server side to see what is getting sent, with quick look your posting code looked quite ok.

[mynick1000]

Hi yucca,

You are right. I have written the log in the server side. On the server side, I have a simple form and php script to process the posted file.

When I use the form to upload a file, the php script accepts my operation as "http post" request and processes the file.

But when I use this code to upload a file, the php script does not accept my operation as "http post" request. It says that "this is a file attack".

I don't know how to make a server accept this code as a "http post request".

Any change needed for the code?

Thanks.

Regards.

[lokesh_kumar_s]

i see no reply for this problem as specified by the mynick1000 please help i also want to upload the file using HTTP POST

[kishore84]

Hi mynick1000,

u have told abt the results
Sent : 30 Kb
Recieved : 6 Kb

Can u please confirmed me by cross checking the status codes at in MHFRunL() functions . Are u getting the right status codes there.

if it is the right code, as told by yucca it might be a pb at ur server side code.

[wizard_hu_]

Kishore84: that happened more than half years ago, just lokesh_kumar_s has revived the thread.

Lokesh_kumar_s: that is probably a server-side issue, check php forums, and also try Google. After the very first search you will already get an idea for what to check in your php code, and what configuration directive you can try.

[kishore84]

Kishore84: that happened more than half years ago, just lokesh_kumar_s has revived the thread.

Lokesh_kumar_s: that is probably a server-side issue, check php forums, and also try Google. After the very first search you will already get an idea for what to check in your php code, and what configuration directive you can try.

Oops .U are right i have not noticed the date of the post.That's my misttake.

Agree to wizrd it could be ur server side pb if u cross checked it properly as i have said in previous post.

Thanks wizard again..

[lokesh_kumar_s]

hi mynick1000 can u please tell me how do u get the content of image at the client side and how do u create the image from that image please help.

i used conteny-type as KContentType,"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
and posting photo=[some contents]
so i am getting those contents in $_POST['photo'] and then writing it into file called ccc.jpg but its size appears to be 111 bytes but i posted the content of 40KB so image is not visible it tells me no preview available.
please help. thanks

[wizard_hu_]

I am still not interested in your php problem. But if you have 111 bytes, you should consider checking what they are.

[lokesh_kumar_s]

its ok dont tell any thing about php simply tell am i doing correctly see
for Content type header if i put it as application/x-www-form-urlencoded then i am able to get the POST data i.e $_POST['photo'] if i use content type as image/jpeg i cannot get any data inside $_POST['photo'] why?

[lokesh_kumar_s]

mynick1000 has the solution he has uploaded image content in POST request and he knows how to write those contents into the .jpg file using any sirver side script.
i dont care if it is php or asp or any other scripting language i just want to know am i correct. if i contact mynick1000 it will give me good and quick solution

[lokesh_kumar_s]

Thanks all i got it