I've scoured the forums and documentation, and while I have seen many references to the file upload picker, I haven't seen any examples of actually reading the contents of a local file, so it can be sent via the TServerRequest component.

I have a custom back-end server that will accept binary data from a POST, but I don't know how to load the file into memory using EWB 2, so I can get the actual data to send.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Doug

Ok, I figured out how to do this and it works with a file in the 'output' directory, but if I use a file from another path I get an 'access denied' error.  I understand the restrictions of cross domain requests, but the path below works as-is in my local browser, and I've used other apps on the web that let me access the same file in the example below.

procedure TMyForm.OnFileLoaded(aRequest: TServerRequest);
var
 Data: string;
begin
 if (aRequest.StatusCode <> 200) then
   Window.Alert('Upload Failed')
 else
   Window.Alert('Upload Succeded');
 Data := aRequest.ResponseContent.Text;
 Window.Alert(Data);
end;

procedure TMyForm.UploadFile;
begin
//  fServerRequest.Url := 'import.txt'; <---------------- THIS WORKS
 fServerRequest.Url := 'file:///c:/temp/import.txt';  <---------- ACCESS DENIED ERROR
 fServerRequest.OnComplete := OnFileLoaded;
 fServerRequest.Execute;
end;

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks,
Doug

Doug B wrote:

>>I've scoured the forums and documentation, and while I have seen many references to the file upload picker, I >>haven't seen any examples of actually reading the contents of a local file, so it can be sent via the TServerRequest >>component.

Hi Doug,

As I understand it, the browser security restrictions will never let your JS directly access "local" files. That is the reason why a local path cannot be specified. Use the EWB FileUpload button or a 3rd party component, such as the JS MultiFileUploader for greater flexibility. These use the browser's inbuilt capabilities (enhanced in the HTML5 world).

Mark

Mark,

I have the FileComboBox component, but don't see the FileUpload button in the component palette of EWB 2.  I'll have to re-read the release notes, but perhaps it will be included after the initial release?

Thanks,
Doug

Mark Brooks wrote:

Doug B wrote:

>>I've scoured the forums and documentation, and while I have seen many references to the file upload picker, I >>haven't seen any examples of actually reading the contents of a local file, so it can be sent via the TServerRequest >>component.

Hi Doug,

As I understand it, the browser security restrictions will never let your JS directly access "local" files. That is the reason why a local path cannot be specified. Use the EWB FileUpload button or a 3rd party component, such as the JS MultiFileUploader for greater flexibility. These use the browser's inbuilt capabilities (enhanced in the HTML5 world).

Mark

On 6/15/2015 7:21 PM, Doug B wrote:
> I've scoured the forums and documentation, and while I have seen many references to the file upload picker, I haven't seen any examples of actually reading the contents of a local file, so it can be sent via the TServerRequest component.
> I have a custom back-end server that will accept binary data from a POST, but I don't know how to load the file into memory using EWB 2, so I can get the actual data to send.

You cannot read a file and use httprequest (security issue - imaging any
website being able to read any file on your PC !) but you can use the
form submit upload capability :

1. drop a new THTMLForm component on your form (it defaults ot
feMultiPartFormData encoding and POST so default settings are fine)


2. set the URL to your back-end server upload handler (i.e.
http://<myserverip>/<myformsubmithandler>/

3. drop a TFileComboBox ON the THTMLForm you have

4. drop a TButton ON the THTMLForm you have

5. in TButton click event call form submit (i.e. "HTMLForm1.Submit;")

6. run the project, click the browse button next to file combo to select
file and the then press you button

7. data should show up as a post on your back-end web server

Raul

Thanks, Raul.

Is there any way to intercept the data so that I can send it as a string to my back end web service via TServerRequest?  I ask because my web service is expecting the format of the POST content to be formatted in a specific way.

Doug

Raul wrote:

On 6/15/2015 7:21 PM, Doug B wrote:
> I've scoured the forums and documentation, and while I have seen many references to the file upload picker, I haven't seen any examples of actually reading the contents of a local file, so it can be sent via the TServerRequest component.
> I have a custom back-end server that will accept binary data from a POST, but I don't know how to load the file into memory using EWB 2, so I can get the actual data to send.

You cannot read a file and use httprequest (security issue - imaging any
website being able to read any file on your PC !) but you can use the
form submit upload capability :

1. drop a new THTMLForm component on your form (it defaults ot
feMultiPartFormData encoding and POST so default settings are fine)


2. set the URL to your back-end server upload handler (i.e.
http://<myserverip>/<myformsubmithandler>/

3. drop a TFileComboBox ON the THTMLForm you have

4. drop a TButton ON the THTMLForm you have

5. in TButton click event call form submit (i.e. "HTMLForm1.Submit;")

6. run the project, click the browse button next to file combo to select
file and the then press you button

7. data should show up as a post on your back-end web server

Raul

Raul,

The POST is working when sending to the correct URL via the method you provided, so thanks.

However, if I post it to an incorrect URL and get a 400, I get a 'File Download - Security Warning' window in IE as shown in the attachment.  This was unexpected, because I was doing a POST to upload the file, not download it.

Is this expected?  Also, is there an event that will be fired to let me know once the file has been successfully downloaded or if there has been an error?

Thanks again,
Doug

On 6/16/2015 10:59 PM, Doug B wrote:
> Is there any way to intercept the data so that I can send it as a string to my back end web service via TServerRequest?  I ask because my web service is expecting the format of the POST content to be formatted in a specific way.

I don't believe this capability is currently surfaced in EWB though it
is possible at javascript level.

Wrapping some external component/library might be easiest way for now if
you need more control.

I have not really had a need for file uploading so i know the basics but
have not had a more in depth look into it.

Raul

On 6/17/2015 7:40 PM, Doug B wrote:
> The POST is working when sending to the correct URL via the method you provided, so thanks.
> However, if I post it to an incorrect URL and get a 400, I get a 'File Download - Security Warning' window in IE as shown in the attachment.  This was unexpected, because I was doing a POST to upload the file, not download it.
> Is this expected?  Also, is there an event that will be fired to let me know once the file has been successfully downloaded or if there has been an error?

Not sure why your server responds with 400 (bad request ) for invalid
URL (instead of 404) - unless it's a valid url but for some other purpose.

However my first guess is that it's something specific to your web
server and how it responds - easiest to troubleshoot is for you to use
the browser debug tools to see the actual response coming back (see what
content type and payload actually are - your server might be providing
html error message or such that IE is trying to show you now).

i can't easily replicate a 400 response at this time but i'm not able to
duplicate the problem with IE and invalid URL (my server returns 404
though).

Raul

Thanks, I will try to debug it.

Yeah, the 400 is what my web service is returning when an invalid/unrecognized URL is received.

Doug

Raul wrote:

On 6/17/2015 7:40 PM, Doug B wrote:
> The POST is working when sending to the correct URL via the method you provided, so thanks.
> However, if I post it to an incorrect URL and get a 400, I get a 'File Download - Security Warning' window in IE as shown in the attachment.  This was unexpected, because I was doing a POST to upload the file, not download it.
> Is this expected?  Also, is there an event that will be fired to let me know once the file has been successfully downloaded or if there has been an error?

Not sure why your server responds with 400 (bad request ) for invalid
URL (instead of 404) - unless it's a valid url but for some other purpose.

However my first guess is that it's something specific to your web
server and how it responds - easiest to troubleshoot is for you to use
the browser debug tools to see the actual response coming back (see what
content type and payload actually are - your server might be providing
html error message or such that IE is trying to show you now).

i can't easily replicate a 400 response at this time but i'm not able to
duplicate the problem with IE and invalid URL (my server returns 404
though).

Raul