file-upload

Rails Paperclip XML POST File

I am able to 'POST' to a Rails application (with Paperclip) using XML instead of the standard web form (trying to do it from another Ruby script). However, I would like to include a binary file. Is there any way to include the binary data within an XML tag? Or can I do something like B64 encode the data on the client and then decode...

What's the best way to upload 1,000 (different) content files to a GAE Java web app every day?

I need to upload a large number of content files to an App Engine app every day - perhaps 1,000 or more - that will be served from the app. Cumulatively over time I expect these uploads to add up to over 1,000,000 separate content files stored in the production app. Is the appcfg tool the best or only way to carry out these daily batch ...

flex actionscript not uploading file to PHP page HELP!

hello, please help! I am using actionscript 3 with flex sdk 3.5 and PHP to allow a user to upload a file -that is my goal. However, when I check my server directory for the file... NOTHING is there! For some reason SOMETHING is going wrong, even though the actionscript alerts a successful upload (and I have even tried all the event lis...

even small file upload stops activity on apache/rails

on my rails(2.3.5) app(currently 50-70rpm, maximum response time around 0.7s), uploading even 700k file(using paperclip plugin) locks up the server for web requests for everyone for 2 minutes! (other apps on same server work normally) does anyone have a clue why that might be happening? i am using some mysql transactions which lock the ...

How to get the file name for <input type="file" in jsp

I want to read the file path from html input type="file" (the entry selected in the file dialog by the user) <script> function OpenFileDialog(form) { var a = document.getElementById("inputfile").click(); SampleForm.filePath.value = //set the path here document.SampleForm.submit(); } </script> ...

Which location to save uploaded files

hello! I am using php and i have written codes to allow a user upload a file. For testing purposes, i have saved the file to D:/final/temp/test.xls. Then i generate another file and save it to the same location. This file can be downloaded by the user. But if an actual user would be using my application, where should the location point ...

Efficient reliable incremental HTTP multi-file (or whole directory) upload software

Imagine you have a web site that you want to send a lot of data. Say 40 files totaling the equivalence of 2 hours of upload bandwidth. You expect to have 3 connection losses along the way (think: mobile data connection, WLAN vs. microwave). You can't be bothered to retry again and again. This should be automated. Interruptions should not...

Help constructing a POST request with MultipartEntity (newbie question)

I'd like to construct a multipart request, with the following parameters: name (string), email (string), and fileupload (file). I'm using the Java code below (working in Android). The httppost.getRequestLine() prints POST http://www.myurl.com/upload HTTP/1.1 So everything looks good on the client site, but my server (Django/Apache)...

TinyMCE and pluploader not working together

I want to have an instance of both TinyMCE textarea and pluplupload custom file uploader on on web page. The problem is that in my Firefox 3.6 or Google Chrome they just don't work together. I checked with IE8 here it works fine. I tried both versions of TinyMCE - the standard and jQuery. I tried debugging the initialization of plupload...

Storing uploaded content on a website

For the past 5 years, my typical solution for storing uploaded files (images, videos, documents, etc) was to throw everything into an "upload" folder and give it a unique name. I'm looking to refine my methods for storing uploaded content and I'm just wondering what other methods are used / preferred. I've considered storing each item ...

PHP: Problem with filesize

I need a little help here: I get a file from an HTML upload form. And I have a "target" filename in $File. When I do this: copy($_FILES['binfile']['tmp_name'], $File); echo '<hr>' . filesize($_FILES['binfile']['tmp_name']); echo '<hr>' . filesize($File); Everything works fine. I get the same number twice. However when I delete the ...

Upload large files via a webpage

What way is the best way to let users upload large files from there webbrowser to a server. I'm talking 200MB+ possible up to a few gigatyes. I have been thinking of a few possible solutions to the problem (not tried them yet) and this is basically the things I came up with. Server download speed will not be a problem but the users conne...

Zend form and dynamic file upload

Hello there i'm trying to create a form with Zend_Form that will enable my user to upload a unlited number of files to my site, witch is done by javascript. Something like <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var image_uploade_i = 0; $('#upload_more').click(function() { image_uploade_i++; ...

AJAX and iFrame: Calling AJAX from inside the iFrame to Update an Outside DIV

Hi there, I have a page where a user can upload a file along with some other input. Because I wanted this to be AJAX-like, I resorted to using an iFrame to accomplish this. After the file is uploaded and an iFrame is loaded with a response page, I need to update a DIV outside of the iFrame with an AJAX call. The reason for separate...

File Upload in GWT in a Special Case

I am doing a software for a document system. In this system when a user completes a document and want to save it, the document will be uploaded directly to server without the user action. This system uses COM/ActiveX to facilitate user using native editors. Ok, my problem is: suppose I have a file say d:/notepad.txt. Using classical me...

how post a file via curl function in php?

i want to write a script which post a form automatically. it is not a spammer! there is a picture field in form. i want to write the script with php and using curl() function. how can i implement file uploading? and is the php suitable for this purpose? i mean form posting? ...

ftp uploader or just a simple uploader

I would like to have an uploader something along the lines of this but I want to have a progress bar and e-mail me a notification once it's done like yousendit does it. Any opensource stuff would be cool. ...

Having Uploadify e-mail a link to download the file

Uploadify is a jQuery plugin that allows the easy integration of a multiple (or single) file uploads on your website. It requires Flash and any backend development language. An array of options allow for full customization for advanced users, but basic implementation is so easy that even coding novices can do it. I wanted to ask if It...

How to access uploaded files in Ruby

I am trying use a Java Uploader in a ROR app (for its ease of uploading entire directories). The selected uploader comes with some PHP code that saves the files to the server. I am trying to translate this code to Ruby, but am stumped on this point: PHP has a very convenient superglobal – $_FILES – that contains a hash of all files up...

where from does paperclip get the name of original file?

i started using nginx upload module (which creates upload files like /tmp/000121545) but i need paperclip to use original filename while saving files (like /public/avatars/LuckyLuke.jpg) previously in the parameters Rails were passing just "avatar"=>#<File:/tmp/RackMultipart20100413-6151-t3ecq0-0> no original filename as well, so ...