I'm trying to upload a file from my android device to a nodejs server, I'm using okhttp to send a post request.The request reached the server but I can't access the file in the request to save it..I tried to put the data i provided in the header but they are all gives undefined..... here is the code:
MainActivity:
package app.file_upload;
import android.Manifest;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
import android.widget.Button;
import com.nbsp.materialfilepicker.MaterialFilePicker;
import com.nbsp.materialfilepicker.ui.FilePickerActivity;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import okhttp3.MediaType;
import okhttp3.MultipartBody;
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.RequestBody;
import okhttp3.Response;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private Button button;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M){
if(ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE},100);
return;
}
}
enable_button();
}
private void enable_button() {
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
new MaterialFilePicker()
.withActivity(MainActivity.this)
.withRequestCode(10)
.start();
}
});
}
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions, @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
if(requestCode == 100 && (grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)){
enable_button();
}else {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE},100);
}
}
}
ProgressDialog progress;
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, final Intent data) {
if(requestCode == 10 && resultCode == RESULT_OK){
progress = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
progress.setTitle("Uploading");
progress.setMessage("Please wait...");
progress.show();
Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
File f = new File(data.getStringExtra(FilePickerActivity.RESULT_FILE_PATH));
String content_type = getMimeType(f.getPath());
String file_path = f.getAbsolutePath();
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
RequestBody file_body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse(content_type),f);
RequestBody request_body = new MultipartBody.Builder()
.setType(MultipartBody.FORM)
.addFormDataPart("type",content_type)
.addFormDataPart("uploaded_file",file_path.substring(file_path.lastIndexOf("/")+1), file_body)
.build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("http://192.168.0.109:2999/upload_audio")
.post(request_body)
.build();
try {
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
if(!response.isSuccessful()){
throw new IOException("Error : "+response);
}
progress.dismiss();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
t.start();
}
}
private String getMimeType(String path) {
String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(path);
return MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
}
}
Now to the nodeJs code: //after initiating the server ...
app.post('/upload_audio', function(req, res) {
if (!req.files)
return res.status(400).send('No files were uploaded.');
// The name of the input field (i.e. "sampleFile") is used to retrieve the uploaded file
let sampleFile = req.files.sampleFile;
// Use the mv() method to place the file somewhere on your server
sampleFile.mv('/somewhere/on/your/server/filename.jpg', function(err) {
if (err)
return res.status(500).send(err);
res.send('File uploaded!');
});
});