DICOM-zip import handler - changes in 1.8.3 seem to be preventing upload

Chidi Ugonna

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Oct 25, 2021, 10:42:58 AM10/25/21

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Hi,

We use curl to upload Dicoms into our XNAT using the DICOM-zip import handler which has been very convenient to date.

curl -k -u userid:password -X POST "https://myxnat.edu/data/services/import?PROJECT_ID=TEST_PROJECT&SUBJECT_ID=AHCTEST-002&EXPT_LABEL=AHCTEST-001-basesession&import-handler=DICOM-zip&overwrite=append&inbody=true" --data-binary @"/tmp/AHCTEST_dicoms.zip"

This worked well in 1.7.6 and in 1.8.2.2 - but since upgrading to 1.8.3 I get the following output message when I do this.

<html>
<head>
<title>Status page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Unsupported format UNKNOWN</h3><p>You can get technical details <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.1">here</a>.<br>
Please continue your visit at our <a href="/">home page</a>.
</p>
</body>
</html>

The info at sec 10.4.1 reference in the output message mentions that the syntax is malformed. Am I doing something wrong in the way I set up the curl command? Thank you for any suggestions/ideas.

10.4.1 400 Bad Request

The request could not be understood by the server due to malformed syntax. The client SHOULD NOT repeat the request without modifications.

Moore, Charlie

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Oct 25, 2021, 11:06:39 AM10/25/21

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Hello there,

Give this a try:

Remove the "inbody=true" query param.
Replace --data-binary @"path" with -F "file=@path"

It may also work to just set the content type explicitly, but this is how I normally use the import service.

Thanks,

Charlie

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Chidi Ugonna

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Oct 25, 2021, 11:34:38 AM10/25/21

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Hi Charlie - that worked like a charm - thank you very much!

This was my working syntax based on your suggestion.

curl -k -u user:password -X POST "https://myxnat.edu/data/services/import?PROJECT_ID=TEST-PROJECT&SUBJECT_ID=AHCTEST_002&EXPT_LABEL=AHCTEST-001-basesession&import-handler=DICOM-zip&overwrite=append" -F "file=@/tmp/AHCTEST_dicoms.zip"