Java applet to upload a file

Question

I am looking for a Java applet to read a file from client machine and creat a POST request for PHP server uploading.

PHP script on server should receive the file as normal file upload in FORM submit. I am using the following code. The file contents are passed to PHP script but they are not correctly converted to an image.

//uploadURL will be a url of PHP script like
// http://www.example.com/uploadfile.php

URL url = new URL(uploadURL);
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setDoInput(true);
con.setDoOutput(true);

InputStream is = new FileInputStream("C://img.jpg");
OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream();
byte[] b1 = new byte[10000000];
int n;
while((n = is.read(b1)) != -1) {
os.write("hello" , 0, 5);
test += b1;

}
con.connect();

Answer 1

I'd suggest you take a look at Gallery Remote. This is an open source project for uploading photos to a PHP backend. It's a bit more full featured than what you may need, but you should be able to modify the code to your needs fairly easily.

You could also look at JUpload. It's not as full featured, but it is open source and capable of the task.

Answer 2

Here's some code that might help you .. it's from one of my old projects with a bunch of unrelated stuff removed, take it for what it's worth. Basically, I think the code in your question is missing some parts that the HTTP protocol requires. Good luck!

public class UploaderExample
{
    private static final String Boundary = "--7d021a37605f0";

    public void upload(URL url, List<File> files) throws Exception
    {
        HttpURLConnection theUrlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        theUrlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
        theUrlConnection.setDoInput(true);
        theUrlConnection.setUseCaches(false);
        theUrlConnection.setChunkedStreamingMode(1024);

        theUrlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary="
                + Boundary);

        DataOutputStream httpOut = new DataOutputStream(theUrlConnection.getOutputStream());

        for (int i = 0; i < files.size(); i++)
        {
            File f = files.get(i);
            String str = "--" + Boundary + "\r\n"
                       + "Content-Disposition: form-data;name=\"file" + i + "\"; filename=\"" + f.getName() + "\"\r\n"
                       + "Content-Type: image/png\r\n"
                       + "\r\n";

            httpOut.write(str.getBytes());

            FileInputStream uploadFileReader = new FileInputStream(f);
            int numBytesToRead = 1024;
            int availableBytesToRead;
            while ((availableBytesToRead = uploadFileReader.available()) > 0)
            {
                byte[] bufferBytesRead;
                bufferBytesRead = availableBytesToRead >= numBytesToRead ? new byte[numBytesToRead]
                        : new byte[availableBytesToRead];
                uploadFileReader.read(bufferBytesRead);
                httpOut.write(bufferBytesRead);
                httpOut.flush();
            }
            httpOut.write(("--" + Boundary + "--\r\n").getBytes());

        }

        httpOut.write(("--" + Boundary + "--\r\n").getBytes());

        httpOut.flush();
        httpOut.close();

        // read & parse the response
        InputStream is = theUrlConnection.getInputStream();
        StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
        byte[] respBuffer = new byte[4096];
        while (is.read(respBuffer) >= 0)
        {
            response.append(new String(respBuffer).trim());
        }
        is.close();
        System.out.println(response.toString());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        List<File> list = new ArrayList<File>();
        list.add(new File("C:\\square.png"));
        list.add(new File("C:\\narrow.png"));
        UploaderExample uploader = new UploaderExample();
        uploader.upload(new URL("http://systemout.com/upload.php"), list);
    }

}

Answer 3

Have a look to JFileUpload (upload applet). It provides both HTTP POST and PUT upload.