Getting a file into Request.Files

Question

Hi, I have a device that uses a custom scripting language. This language provides the capability to set http request headers then perform a post to a URL. The server that the device communicates with is running .net, and I would like the handler on the server to retrieve data from the device by simply pulling it from the Request.Files[] collection. To do this, does the device need to support multipart posting or is it possible for the uploaded content to show up in the Files collection by simply setting a number of headers then sending the data?

Answer 1

I'm not a linux guy, but I did a search and I found this. Does it help at all? (see section 4.3)

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/httpscripting.html

Answer 2

If you mean that at the server end you want the file(s) to be readable via HttpRequest.Files, then I believe so.

I think the format that this expects is based on the File Upload RFC and therefore if you follow the standard procedure for submitting a file upload then it'll work.

As to how you go about formatting the request from your device - I'm afraid I can't help on that one. Assuming you can format an Http Post, writing any headers you need and then formatting the Post body with the file content, it'll work, though.

Answer 3

In order for .Net to be able to read a file posted to a header it must be in the multipart posting format. Otherwise it will just be text noise in the header and .Net won't know what to do with it.