On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:09 PM, BlondAngelNYC <pauled...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I built a restful server based on express (and express relies on
> formidable). I used this form to perform my test:
> <form action="/docxv" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
>  <input type="submit" value="Upload">
>  <input type="file" name="uploadfile">
> </form>

> However customer wants the REST client to send the file to the restful
> server *WITHOUT* using multipart/form-data.  So I changed the form to be
> this:
> <form action="/docxv" method="post">
>  <input type="submit" value="Upload">
>  <input type="file" name="uploadfile">
> </form>

> That way, the form is sent as UUEncoded instead of multipart.

> My restful server javascript code (I am listing only the important bits):
> var app = express();
> app.configure(function () {
>   app.use(express.bodyParser({keepExtensions: true, hash:'md5' }));
>   app.use(express.methodOverride());
>   app.use(app.router);
>   app.use(express.static(path.join(application_root, "public")));
>   app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
> });
> //router POST /docxv (upload a file and generate a new ID)
> app.post(uploadform, function (req, res){
>   uploadfileMultipart(req, res, 0);
> });
> //start the server.
> app.listen(port);
> logger.info('Server running on port ' + port);
> //from POST router
> function uploadfileMultipart(req, res, id) {
>  var keys = Object.keys(req.files);
>  var currentFile = req.files[keys[0]];
>  var data = fs.readFileSync(currentFile.path,, 'base64');
>  //...etc...

> }

> The problem is -- when changing from multipart to non-multipart, the
> req.files parameter no longers works correctly.   So, I was thinking that I
> should try to get the raw data from request but I don't have an easy way to
> do that...  However I found tantalizing tidbits but no solid examples.  One
> such tidbit:

> http://steelballsafety.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/express-rawbody/
> So I added that to my code like this within the app.configure snippet:
> app.configure(function () {
>   app.use(function(req, res, next) {
>     var data='';
>     req.setEncoding('utf8');
>     req.on('data', function(chunk) {
>      data += chunk;
>     });
>     req.on('end', function() {
>      req.rawBody=data;
>      next();
>     });
>   });
>   app.use(app.router);
>   app.use(express.static(path.join(application_root, "public")));
>   app.use(express.errorHandler({ dumpExceptions: true, showStack: true }));
> });

> Unfortunately, when running this, either it hangs (when using UUEncode) or
> that req.rawBody is undefined (when using multipart).  I am a noob, and I
> *did* search but not much luck.  I know about the incoming.onForm function,
> but there are no solid examples for me to follow while using ExpressJS
> (which in turn uses Formidable).

> Any help would be appreciated.

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