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ElPiter
ElPiter

Reputation: 4324

Spring Rest - Post multiple files

Using Spring Boot 2.1.8, I have two methods in a Rest Controller that expect a single file and multiple files respectively. These are the method signatures:

@PreAuthorize("hasAnyRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
@PostMapping("/uploadMultipleFiles")
    public List<FileResponse> uploadMultipleFiles(@RequestParam("files") MultipartFile[] files);

@PreAuthorize("hasAnyRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
@PostMapping("/upload")
public FileResponse uploadFile(@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile file);

The single upload works just perfect. I am managing to load a single file from a web client, Postman v7.25.0, and from Swagger 2.

But the multiple file method only works when uploading files from Postman, returning a 400 http error code. Therefore, it does not even enter the method.

The error message in both cases (web client or Swagger) is the same: 

can't parse JSON.  Raw result:
Missing or unreadable multipart file in request

This is the request headers when calling to /uploadMultipleFiles through Swagger (getting error): enter image description here

This is the request headers when calling /uploadMultipleFiles from Postman (works fine): enter image description here

This is the request headers when calling /upload from Postman (works fine): enter image description here

This is the request headers when calling /upload through Swagger (works fine): enter image description here

Firstly I thought that Content-Type might have something to do with my problem. But Swagger sends always application/json, and it works with the single upload endpoint.

Any idea?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2920

Answers (1)

libanbn
libanbn

Reputation: 270

When you are dealing with file uploads using multipartfile, you should set the content type of the request to multipart/form-data. The screenshot shows that Postman is using multipart/form-data and not application/json.

Upvotes: 1

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