Uploading files using HTTP

To upload a file create a new HttpFileUpload instance providing the URL designated to handle file upload requests in the constructor.  To set the data to be uploaded use the HttpFileUpload#setFile method.  The first argument in the HttpFileUpload#setFile method is the field name and should match the parameter name expected by your server-side code to contain file upload data.  The HttpFileUpload is a subclass of HttpRequest so you may use it in the same way that you use the HttpRequest class to request web pages

Example

// create new Http instance

Http http = new Http();

// create new HttpFileUpload instance

HttpFileUpload request = new HttpFileUpload("http://www.myserver.com/cgi-bin/upload.cgi");

// add parameter

request.addParameter("name", "John Doe");

// set file data to upload and store as named parameter "picture"

request.setFile("picture", "joe.gif", new File("/home/joe/joe.gif");

// upload file and get response

HttpResponse response = http.getResponse(request);