I have checked many questions and answers for uploading data to a remote server but most are using HttpClient which has been deprecated. I'm trying to upload a simple sqlite db file which can later be downloaded and restored on app reinstall. I know I should use Volley library but I only know how to work with JSONObject and not files. Please help out.
Note: The file is already copied to my external storage.
You have to create a VolleyMultipartRequest. You can find a sample implementation at Working POST Multipart Request with Volley and without HttpEntity
You need to enter your file type when you create your DataPart while overriding the getByteData() method.
try this code..
public int uploadFile(String sourceFileUri) {
String fileName = sourceFileUri;
HttpURLConnection conn = null;
DataOutputStream dos = null;
String lineEnd = "\r\n";
String twoHyphens = "--";
String boundary = "*****";
int bytesRead, bytesAvailable, bufferSize;
byte[] buffer;
int maxBufferSize = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
File sourceFile = new File(sourceFileUri);
if (!sourceFile.isFile()) {
dialog.dismiss();
Log.e("uploadFile", "Source File not exist :"
+uploadFilePath + "" + uploadFileName);
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
messageText.setText("Source File not exist :"
+uploadFilePath + "" + uploadFileName);
}
});
return 0;
}
else
{
try {
// open a URL connection to the Servlet
FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(sourceFile);
URL url = new URL(upLoadServerUri);
// Open a HTTP connection to the URL
conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setDoInput(true); // Allow Inputs
conn.setDoOutput(true); // Allow Outputs
conn.setUseCaches(false); // Don't use a Cached Copy
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive");
conn.setRequestProperty("ENCTYPE", "multipart/form-data");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=" + boundary);
conn.setRequestProperty("uploaded_file", fileName);
dos = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());
dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploaded_file";filename=""
+ fileName + """ + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
// create a buffer of maximum size
bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
// read file and write it into form...
bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
while (bytesRead > 0) {
dos.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
}
// send multipart form data necesssary after file data...
dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd);
// Responses from the server (code and message)
serverResponseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
String serverResponseMessage = conn.getResponseMessage();
Log.i("uploadFile", "HTTP Response is : "
+ serverResponseMessage + ": " + serverResponseCode);
if(serverResponseCode == 200){
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
String msg = "File Upload Completed.\n\n See uploaded file here : \n\n"
+" http://www.androidexample.com/media/uploads/"
+uploadFileName;
messageText.setText(msg);
Toast.makeText(UploadToServer.this, "File Upload Complete.",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
//close the streams //
fileInputStream.close();
dos.flush();
dos.close();
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
dialog.dismiss();
ex.printStackTrace();
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
messageText.setText("MalformedURLException Exception : check script url.");
Toast.makeText(UploadToServer.this, "MalformedURLException",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
Log.e("Upload file to server", "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
} catch (Exception e) {
dialog.dismiss();
e.printStackTrace();
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
messageText.setText("Got Exception : see logcat ");
Toast.makeText(UploadToServer.this, "Got Exception : see logcat ",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
Log.e("Upload file to server Exception", "Exception : "
+ e.getMessage(), e);
}
dialog.dismiss();
return serverResponseCode;
} // End else block
}
}
this is php code :
<?php
$file_path = "uploads/";
$file_path = $file_path . basename( $_FILES['uploaded_file']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploaded_file'] ['tmp_name'], $file_path)) {
echo "success";
} else{
echo "fail";
}
?>
for more details try this example.
