Ruby rest-client file upload as multipart form data with basic authenticaion

Question

I understand how to make an http request using basic authentication with Ruby's rest-client

response = RestClient::Request.new(:method => :get, :url => @base_url + path, :user => @sid, :password => @token).execute

and how to post a file as multipart form data

RestClient.post '/data', :myfile => File.new("/path/to/image.jpg", 'rb')

but I can't seem to figure out how to combine the two in order to post a file to a server which requires basic authentication. Does anyone know what is the best way to create this request?

on a not related note: you should accept more answers, its good practice... — robustus, Jul 09 '12 at 11:20

score 31 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 29 '14 at 19:34

31

How about using a RestClient::Payload with RestClient::Request... For an example:

request = RestClient::Request.new(
          :method => :post,
          :url => '/data',
          :user => @sid,
          :password => @token,
          :payload => {
            :multipart => true,
            :file => File.new("/path/to/image.jpg", 'rb')
          })      
response = request.execute

edited Aug 29 '14 at 19:34

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answered Jul 09 '12 at 11:20

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '17 at 02:30

RestClient API seems to have changed. Here's the latest way to upload a file using basic auth:

response = RestClient::Request.execute(
  method: :post,
  url: url,
  user: 'username',
  password: 'password',
  timeout: 600, # Optional
  payload: {
    multipart: true,
    file: File.new('/path/to/file, 'rb')
  }
)

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 16 '15 at 07:20

The newest best way may be that: the link is enter link description here

  RestClient.post( url,
  {
    :transfer => {
      :path => '/foo/bar',
      :owner => 'that_guy',
      :group => 'those_guys'
    },
     :upload => {
      :file => File.new(path, 'rb')
    }
  })

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 20 '17 at 18:20

Here is an example with a file and some json data:

require 'rest-client'

payload = {
  :multipart => true,
  :file => File.new('/path/to/file', 'rb'),
  :data => {foo: {bar: true}}.to_json
      }

r = RestClient.post(url, payload, :authorization => token)

Ruby rest-client file upload as multipart form data with basic authenticaion

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