Upload file and fetch other parameters as well...

[Mandy S Smith]

I am using oreilly's MultiPartRequest class to upload file on to server. I have a form which has browse button with text field to upload the file and as well as some text fields that i need to fetch their values along with this upload stuff.
As i have this ENCTYPE = multipart/form-data attribute in my <FORM> tag, its not allowing me to fetch other text field values at all. Is there a way that i acheive this ie fetch both the text field values as well as the file name to be uploaded.
Appreciate your help.
I would greatly appreciate if anyone can respond.
Thank you.

[Parag Shah]

If you are using O'Reilly's Multipart Request, you must use their MultipartParser class to read the other parameters. I have used it succesfully a long time back. You will have to check the API of MultipartParser.java to instantiate and use it.
Hope it helps.
Parag

[Mandy S Smith]

Thanks, i already found out and have implemented using MultiParser and i am able to fetch all the parameters.

[Mike Curwen]

It's possible to get other request parameters from the MultipartRequest class. You just have to use it correctly.

public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException {
   try {
      mpRequest = new MultipartRequest(req, envROOT + envUPLOAD, 10*1024*1024); // 10MB limit
       } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println("Trouble with MultipartRequest::: " + e);
      throw new ServletException("Trouble with Multipart Upload " + e);
   }
   // page is a hidden field in the form.
   String page = mpRequest.getParameter("page");

[Sunny Liu]

Mandy,
check this http://www.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=007605
You can use my class to get parameter and files.
Once you construct HttpUploader with request and response. you will be able to use HttpUploader just like request object.
I wish it will help you out.