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https://github.com/catwell/lua-multipart-post
HTTP Multipart Post helper that does just that.
https://github.com/catwell/lua-multipart-post
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HTTP Multipart Post helper that does just that.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/catwell/lua-multipart-post
- Owner: catwell
- License: mit
- Created: 2012-11-27T14:24:40.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-01-11T16:32:32.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T17:34:16.156Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: http, lua, luasocket, multipart
- Language: Lua
- Size: 28.3 KB
- Stars: 43
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 22
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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README
# multipart-post
## Presentation
HTTP Multipart Post helper that does just that.
## Dependencies
The module itself only depends on luasocket (for ltn12).
Tests require [cwtest](https://github.com/catwell/cwtest), a JSON parser
and the availability of [httpbin.org](http://httpbin.org).
## Usage
```lua
local mp = require "multipart-post"
local http = require "socket.http"
local rq = mp.gen_request({myfile = {name = "myfilename", data = "some data"}})
rq.url = "http://httpbin.org/post"
local b, c, h = http.request(rq)
```
See [LuaSocket](http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/http.html)'s
`http.request` (generic interface) for more information.
If you only need to get the multipart/form-data body use `encode`:
```lua
local body, boundary = mp.encode({foo = "bar"})
-- use `boundary` to build the Content-Type header
```
## Advanced Usage
Example using ltn12 streaming via file handles
```lua
local file = io.open("myfilename", "r")
local file_length = file:seek("end")
file:seek("set", 0)
local rq = mp.gen_request({
myfile = {
name = "myfilename",
data = file,
len = file_length,
}
})
```
Example using ltn12 source streaming
```lua
local ltn12 = require "socket.ltn12"
local rq = mp.gen_request({
myfile = {
name = "myfilename",
data = ltn12.source.string("some data"),
len = string.len("some data"),
}
})
rq.url = "http://httpbin.org/post"
local b, c, h = http.request(rq)
```
## Bugs
Non-ASCII part names are not supported.
According to [RFC 2388](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2388):
> Note that MIME headers are generally required to consist only of 7-
> bit data in the US-ASCII character set. Hence field names should be
> encoded according to the method in
> [RFC 2047](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2047) if they contain
> characters outside of that set.
Note that non-ASCII file names are supported since version 1.2.
## Contributors
- Pierre Chapuis ([@catwell](https://github.com/catwell))
- Cédric Deltheil ([@deltheil](https://github.com/deltheil))
- TJ Miller ([@teejaded](https://github.com/teejaded))
- Rami Sabbagh ([@RamiLego4Game](https://github.com/RamiLego4Game))
- [@Gowa2017](https://github.com/Gowa2017)
## Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Moodstocks SAS
- Copyright (c) 2014-2022 Pierre Chapuis