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Posted to user@commons.apache.org by Edward S <su...@gmail.com> on 2008/02/08 05:15:27 UTC
File Upload Exception - request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed stream, content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Hey guys,
I am tryin to upload a JPG file and am getting this error:
org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$InvalidContentTypeException:the
request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed
stream,
content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
let me explain what I am doing:
I have a JSP that has the form that does the file upload. the enctype on the
form is "multipart/mixed"
this JSP is included in a root JSP and the action submits the form to the
root JSP.
Root JSP has a controller, that processes the request. When it tries to
process this request, it gives me the above mentioned error.
Any idea, where I am going wrong?
thanks
Ed.
Re: File Upload Exception - request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed stream, content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Posted by Edward S <su...@gmail.com>.
great thanks...tht worked
On 2/25/08, Bronwyn Cook <br...@geometryit.com> wrote:
>
> Edward S <suminub <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > I tried both.
> > the thing is, apart from the file parameter in the form there is another
> > hidden field that contains a text value.
> > if i use multipart/form-data, tht hidden field comes up as null.
> >
> > -S2.
> >
> > On 2/7/08, Martin Cooper <martinc <at> apache.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Feb 7, 2008 8:15 PM, Edward S <suminub <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > >
> > > > I am tryin to upload a JPG file and am getting this error:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
> org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$InvalidContentTypeException:the
> > > > request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed
> > > > stream,
> > > > content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > let me explain what I am doing:
> > > >
> > > > I have a JSP that has the form that does the file upload. the
> enctype on
> > > > the
> > > > form is "multipart/mixed"
> > >
> > >
> > > That's the problem, assuming you are submitting from a browser. AFAIK,
> > > 'multipart/mixed' is neither valid nor supported in HTML, so the
> browser
> > > is
> > > ignoring your value and falling back to the HTML default, which is
> > > 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. To post the file, you'll need to
> use
> > > 'multipart/form-data'.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Martin Cooper
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > this JSP is included in a root JSP and the action submits the form
> to
> > > the
> > > > root JSP.
> > > >
> > > > Root JSP has a controller, that processes the request. When it tries
> to
> > > > process this request, it gives me the above mentioned error.
> > > >
> > > > Any idea, where I am going wrong?
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > Ed.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> I had this problem and it was because I was using the 'normal' way of
> getting
> the input parameters from the request object (eg. request.getParameter
> ("name")) instead of traversing the items from the multipart request.
>
> If ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request) returns true then you
> need to
> get the fields via the upload.parseRequest(request) method.
>
> eg:
>
> // Check that we have a file upload request
> boolean isMultipart = ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request);
> if(isMultipart)
> {
> // Create a factory for disk-based file items
> DiskFileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
>
> // Set factory constraints
> factory.setSizeThreshold(1000000);
> factory.setRepository( ConfigServlet.getTempDirectory() );
>
> // Create a new file upload handler
> ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
>
> // Set overall request size constraint
> upload.setSizeMax(10000000);
>
> // Parse the request
> List<FileItem> items;
> try {
> items = upload.parseRequest(request);
>
> for(FileItem item : items)
> {
>
> if (item.isFormField()) {
> String name = item.getFieldName();
> String value = item.getString();
> query.put(name, value);
>
> }
> else // file object
> {
> // do stuff for file request
>
> }
>
> }
> } catch (FileUploadException e) {
> // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> }
> else
> {
> query = new TreeMap<String, Object>();
> Map tbl = request.getParameterMap();
> query.putAll( tbl );
> }
>
>
> Hope this helps you
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: File Upload Exception - request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed stream, content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Posted by Bronwyn Cook <br...@geometryit.com>.
Edward S <suminub <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Martin
>
> I tried both.
> the thing is, apart from the file parameter in the form there is another
> hidden field that contains a text value.
> if i use multipart/form-data, tht hidden field comes up as null.
>
> -S2.
>
> On 2/7/08, Martin Cooper <martinc <at> apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2008 8:15 PM, Edward S <suminub <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > I am tryin to upload a JPG file and am getting this error:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$InvalidContentTypeException:the
> > > request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed
> > > stream,
> > > content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> > >
> > >
> > > let me explain what I am doing:
> > >
> > > I have a JSP that has the form that does the file upload. the enctype on
> > > the
> > > form is "multipart/mixed"
> >
> >
> > That's the problem, assuming you are submitting from a browser. AFAIK,
> > 'multipart/mixed' is neither valid nor supported in HTML, so the browser
> > is
> > ignoring your value and falling back to the HTML default, which is
> > 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. To post the file, you'll need to use
> > 'multipart/form-data'.
> >
> > --
> > Martin Cooper
> >
> >
> >
> > > this JSP is included in a root JSP and the action submits the form to
> > the
> > > root JSP.
> > >
> > > Root JSP has a controller, that processes the request. When it tries to
> > > process this request, it gives me the above mentioned error.
> > >
> > > Any idea, where I am going wrong?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Ed.
> > >
> >
>
I had this problem and it was because I was using the 'normal' way of getting
the input parameters from the request object (eg. request.getParameter
("name")) instead of traversing the items from the multipart request.
If ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request) returns true then you need to
get the fields via the upload.parseRequest(request) method.
eg:
// Check that we have a file upload request
boolean isMultipart = ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request);
if(isMultipart)
{
// Create a factory for disk-based file items
DiskFileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory();
// Set factory constraints
factory.setSizeThreshold(1000000);
factory.setRepository( ConfigServlet.getTempDirectory() );
// Create a new file upload handler
ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory);
// Set overall request size constraint
upload.setSizeMax(10000000);
// Parse the request
List<FileItem> items;
try {
items = upload.parseRequest(request);
for(FileItem item : items)
{
if (item.isFormField()) {
String name = item.getFieldName();
String value = item.getString();
query.put(name, value);
}
else // file object
{
// do stuff for file request
}
}
} catch (FileUploadException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
else
{
query = new TreeMap<String, Object>();
Map tbl = request.getParameterMap();
query.putAll( tbl );
}
Hope this helps you
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Re: File Upload Exception - request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed stream, content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Posted by Edward S <su...@gmail.com>.
Martin
I tried both.
the thing is, apart from the file parameter in the form there is another
hidden field that contains a text value.
if i use multipart/form-data, tht hidden field comes up as null.
-S2.
On 2/7/08, Martin Cooper <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 8:15 PM, Edward S <su...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I am tryin to upload a JPG file and am getting this error:
> >
> >
> >
> org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$InvalidContentTypeException:the
> > request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed
> > stream,
> > content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> >
> >
> > let me explain what I am doing:
> >
> > I have a JSP that has the form that does the file upload. the enctype on
> > the
> > form is "multipart/mixed"
>
>
> That's the problem, assuming you are submitting from a browser. AFAIK,
> 'multipart/mixed' is neither valid nor supported in HTML, so the browser
> is
> ignoring your value and falling back to the HTML default, which is
> 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. To post the file, you'll need to use
> 'multipart/form-data'.
>
> --
> Martin Cooper
>
>
>
> > this JSP is included in a root JSP and the action submits the form to
> the
> > root JSP.
> >
> > Root JSP has a controller, that processes the request. When it tries to
> > process this request, it gives me the above mentioned error.
> >
> > Any idea, where I am going wrong?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Ed.
> >
>
Re: File Upload Exception - request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed stream, content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Posted by Martin Cooper <ma...@apache.org>.
On Feb 7, 2008 8:15 PM, Edward S <su...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I am tryin to upload a JPG file and am getting this error:
>
>
> org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$InvalidContentTypeException:the
> request doesn't contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed
> stream,
> content type header is application/x-www-form-urlencoded
>
>
> let me explain what I am doing:
>
> I have a JSP that has the form that does the file upload. the enctype on
> the
> form is "multipart/mixed"
That's the problem, assuming you are submitting from a browser. AFAIK,
'multipart/mixed' is neither valid nor supported in HTML, so the browser is
ignoring your value and falling back to the HTML default, which is
'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'. To post the file, you'll need to use
'multipart/form-data'.
--
Martin Cooper
> this JSP is included in a root JSP and the action submits the form to the
> root JSP.
>
> Root JSP has a controller, that processes the request. When it tries to
> process this request, it gives me the above mentioned error.
>
> Any idea, where I am going wrong?
>
> thanks
>
> Ed.
>