I am trying to invoke an API which accepts request with form-data parameters, one of the parameter is a file , which can be of any type(.pdf/.jpg/.doc). When I try to pass the path of the file as value in parameters, I get an error from the API - the request was rejected because no multipart boundary was found.
When I try to send the file as an attachment , the file is not received in the expected format, instead it is received as application/octet-stream.
Request to please suggest options to send the file using the HTTP request acctivity.
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Hello Nagareetha,
In this video, I use multipart/form-data:
0:20 cURL example
1:35 Send the command from POSTMAN
2:50 Implement the code in C#
4:20 Run the code
4:50 Visual Basic code VB.NET
6:20 New Process on UiPath Studio with Invoke Code
7:20 Imports Libraries in UiPath Studio
8:30 Run the Robot to Upload and Download the file
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Dim client As HttpClient = New HttpClient()
client.BaseAddress = New Uri(“YOUR URL”)
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear()
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(New MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(“application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document”))
// for BASIC AUTH
Dim byteArray As Byte() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(“username:password”)
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = New AuthenticationHeaderValue(“Basic”, Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray))Dim byteArray As Byte() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(“username:password”)
// for OAUTH2
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(“authorization”, “Bearer YOUR TOKEN”)
Dim request As MultipartFormDataContent = New MultipartFormDataContent()
request.Add(New StringContent(“tags”), “Bad”)
request.Add(New StringContent(“displayreferencetext”), “true”)
request.Add(New StringContent(“similaritythreshold”), “0.63”)
request.Add(New StreamContent(File.OpenRead(“C:\8A.docx”)), “file”, (New FileInfo(“C:\8A.docx”).Name))
Dim response As HttpResponseMessage = client.PostAsync(“”, request).Result
Dim strm As Stream = response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync.Result
Dim doc As Byte()
Dim ms As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
strm.CopyTo(ms)
doc = ms.ToArray()
File.WriteAllBytes(“C:\rpa\FORDOWNLOAD\rez.docx”, doc)
Hi,
I have checked and rectified the issue and fixed it, it was with the namespace, I was missing
System.Net.Http
But, on fixing it raise another concern I am keep getting 400 error whereas I had replicated the body inputs as I configured in Postman but over postman its working but in the UiPath I am keep getting the same 400 error, can you help? it’s a form-data POST method
Dim client As HttpClient = New HttpClient()
client.BaseAddress = New Uri("https://xxx.xxx.com/v1/documents")
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("authorization","Bearer XXX")
Dim request As MultipartFormDataContent = New MultipartFormDataContent()
request.Add(New StringContent("docId"),"CW1270984")
request.Add(New StreamContent(File.OpenRead(in_file)), "file", (New FileInfo(in_file).Name))
Dim response As HttpResponseMessage = client.PostAsync("", request).Result
Console.WriteLine(response)
Can you please help me rectify, why It giving this response?
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