Using javascript, I have a file in string (got with ajax request).
How to upload it as file to server by another ajax request ?
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Answer
You need to set the Content-type request header to multipart/form-data and play around with the format a little, I wrote this in Plain Ol’ JavaScript ™ but you could easily rework it for a library:
EDIT: had my coffee now, so modified it for jQuery (no-library version here):
// Define a boundary, I stole this from IE but you can use any string AFAIK
var boundary = "---------------------------7da24f2e50046";
var body = '--' + boundary + 'rn'
// Parameter name is "file" and local filename is "temp.txt"
+ 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file";'
+ 'filename="temp.txt"rn'
// Add the file's mime-type
+ 'Content-type: plain/textrnrn'
// Add your data:
+ data + 'rn'
+ '--'+ boundary + '--';
$.ajax({
contentType: "multipart/form-data; boundary="+boundary,
data: body,
type: "POST",
url: "http://asite.com/apage.php",
success: function (data, status) {
}
});