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I'm using Luracast's Restler Framework which is great. But I was wondering if someone could tell me how I can upload files through HTTP.
I was using a simple HTML Form to POST data to the API, and trying to grabe the file information from $_FILES, but i'm not getting anything.
Here is my super simple form
<form method="post" action="index.php/product">
<p>
<label>Product name</label>
<input name="product_name" />
</p>
<p>
<label>MSRP Price</label>
<input name="msrp_price" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Category</label>
<input name="category_name" />
</p>
<p>Teir Pricing</p>
<p>
<label>Price</label>
<input name="price[]" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Buy Range Min</label>
<input name="buy_range_min[]" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Buy Range Max</label>
<input name="buy_range_max[]" />
<p>
<label>Price</label>
<input name="price[]" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Buy Range Min</label>
<input name="buy_range_min[]" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Buy Range Max</label>
<input name="buy_range_max[]" />
</p>
<p>
<label>Image</label>
<input type="file" name="image" />
</p>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
Here is my class that works with Restler
<?
class Product {
public $dp;
private $DBH;
public $highest_max = 0;
function __construct() {
$host = 'localhost';
$db_name = '';
$db_user = '';
$db_password = '';
try {
$this ->DBH = new PDO('mysql:host='.$host.';dbname='.$db_name, $db_user, $db_password);
// Line takes care of error reporting.
$this->DBH->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION );
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
// return $e->getMessage();
return 'Sorry there was an issue';
}
} // end function
function get($id=NULL) {
if (is_null($id)) {
/*** The SQL SELECT statement ***/
$sql = "SELECT * FROM products";
$data = array('product_id' => $id);
$STH = $this->DBH->prepare($sql);
// binds the params
$STH->execute($data);
// wHAT TYPE OF DATA WE ARE GRABING
$STH->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
// GO TRough IT ALL
while($row = $STH->fetch()) {
$rows[] = $row;
} // end while
return $rows;
} // end if
else {
$sql = "SELECT * FROM products WHERE product_id = :product_id";
$data = array('product_id' => $id);
$STH = $this->DBH->prepare($sql);
// binds the params
$STH->execute($data);
// wHAT TYPE OF DATA WE ARE GRABING
$STH->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$row = $STH->fetch();
return $row;
} // end else
} // end function
function add_teir_pricing($price, $buy_range_min, $buy_range_max, $product_id) {
// check to see if the min is higher then this max
if ($buy_range_min >= $buy_range_max) {
throw new RestException(417,'Your min price teir must be smaller then your max' );
} // end if
elseif ($buy_range_min <= $this->highest_max) {
throw new RestException(417,'One of your minimum price teirs cannot overlap with another.' );
} // end if
$this->highest_max = $buy_range_max;
# the data we want to insert
$data = array( 'price' => $price, 'buy_range_min' => $buy_range_min, 'buy_range_max' => $buy_range_max, 'product_id' => $product_id );
$sql = "INSERT INTO teir_pricing (price, buy_range_min, buy_range_max, product_id, created) value (:price, :buy_range_min, :buy_range_max, :product_id, NOW())";
$STH = $this->DBH->prepare($sql);
$STH->execute($data);
} // end function
function post($product_id=NULL,$member_id, $product_name, $upc_code, $sku, $global_trade_item_number, $link_to_product_reviews,
$url_to_product,
$msrp_price,
$category_name, $price, $buy_range_min, $buy_range_max) {
// ADD PRODUCT
if (!isset($product_name)) {
$error = true;
// $errors['message'][] = 'Mising a product_name';
throw new RestException(417,'Mising a product_name');
} // end if
if (!isset($msrp_price)) {
$error = true;
// $errors['message'][] = 'Mising a msrp_price';
throw new RestException(417,'Missing MSRP price');
} // end if
if (!isset($category_name)) {
$error = true;
// $errors['message'][] = 'You must assign a category_name to this product';
throw new RestException(417,'You must assign a category_name to this product');
} // end if
// We still need to grab the member id from the key when this is added.
$member_id = 1;
$product_data = array('member_id' => $member_id,
'product_name' => $product_name,
'upc_code' => $upc_code,
'sku' => $sku,
'global_trade_item_number' => $global_trade_item_number,
'link_to_product_reviews' => $link_to_product_reviews,
'url_to_product' => $url_to_product,
'msrp_price' => $msrp_price,
'category_name' => $category_name);
$sql = "INSERT INTO
products
(product_name,
upc_code,
sku,
global_trade_item_number,
link_to_product_reviews,
url_to_product,
member_id,
msrp_price,
created,
category_name)
VALUES
(:product_name,
:upc_code,
:sku,
:global_trade_item_number,
:link_to_product_reviews,
:url_to_product,
:member_id,
:msrp_price,
NOW(),
:category_name
)";
$q = $this->DBH->prepare($sql);
$q->execute($product_data);
$product_id = $this->DBH->lastInsertId();
foreach($price as $key => $value) {
Product::add_teir_pricing($price[$key], $buy_range_min[$key], $buy_range_max[$key], $product_id);
} // end foreach
$response = array('product_id' => $product_id, 'status' => 'success', 'message' => 'Your product has been added', 'files' => $_FILES);
return $response;
} // end function
function upload_image($_FILES) {
return $_FILES;
} // end function
} // end class
?>

Answer 1

You can only upload files if the form data is sent as multipart/form-data. The default is application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
From the specification:
<FORM action="http://server.com/cgi/handle"
enctype="multipart/form-data"
method="post">