How to upload files(png and txt files) using raw in POSTMAN?

Question

The postman works in the below format to upload an attachment.

set method type to POST.

Then select Body -> form-data -> Enter your parameter name

and on right side next to value column, there will be dropdown "text, file", select File. choose your image file and post it:

postman screenshot

I succeed with form-data, how do achieve via RAW text or Json because the image which is uploaded is dynamic.The image and txt file is stored in my local.

I am trying to upload png and .txt file to JIRA Rest endpoint(Subtask). My goal is create subtask, once subtask is created add attachment to it, attachment can be dynamic.

curl -X POST \
  https://host/rest/api/3/issue/pos-14108/attachments \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
  -H 'Postman-Token: c2b02ef1-4b81-4e8e-bb02-fb697bb2680e,1c20aa55-27c5-44c3-9f08-7efc41f25576' \
  -H 'X-Atlassian-Token: no-check' \
  -H 'cache-control: no-cache,no-cache' \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
  -F file=@/Users/nmane/Desktop/harry.png

just to clarify: So the issue is that Jira is corrupting the file? or that postman doesn't send it? or something completely different? — JoSSte, Oct 23 '18 at 13:17
I succeed with form-data but not with passing data in raw JSON format. The following raw json format which i tried {"file": { "name": "/Users/nmane/Downloads/jira.png", "content-type":"image/png", "file":"base64string"}}. Results in Status:415 Unsupported Media Type. — Nitin Mane, Oct 23 '18 at 13:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '18 at 19:35

According to this article on the Jira forums, to add an attachment, you should do the following:

curl -D- -u {username}:{password} -X POST -H "X-Atlassian-Token: nocheck" -F "file=@{path/to/file}" http://{base-url}/rest/api/2/issue/{issue-key}/attachments

according to Using curl to upload POST data with files

That fits with your comments and experiences, as far as I can tell.

I have not encountered anything about attaching files to a "raw" JSON request. The only way to do something like that would be to base 64 encode it (see Is it possible to attach file in POST Json? ) but I do not think that the Jira REST API supports it.

I hope that I have understood your issue correctly. if not, and you actually (for some reason) want to run everything from postman/newman, please update your question.

How to upload files(png and txt files) using raw in POSTMAN?

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