Re: Upload binary files with xml-rpc?

Helge Hess wrote:

> On 28. Apr 2005, at 19:39 Uhr, Rafel Amer Ramon wrote:
>
>> I have tried to upload a binary file with the command
>> server.project.newDocument
>>
>> If a send the file as a binary string, I get an error from
>> python and if I send it as a base64 encoded string, it is not
>> decoded by opengroupware.
>
>
> I remember a discussion of this in the past, maybe you should check  
> the archives. Of course it should be possible, but I remember that  
> there was some weirdness.
>
>> It is possible to upload binary files with
>> XML-RPC anb how can I do it?
>
>
> Notably using HTTP for file transfers is _much_ more efficient. Just  
> issue a PUT to ZideStore (/zidestore/dav/$user/Projects/$projectcode/ 
> $docpath).
>
> Greets,
>   Helge

Also, it is possible modifie the file
DocumentAPI/OGoDatabaseProject/SkyProjectFileManager.m
to check if the data arrived is encoded in base64:

    ////////////
    NSData *data;
    NSString *str;
    str = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_contents
                encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    data = [str dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
    if(!(data = [data dataByDecodingBase64])) data = _contents;
    fileSize = [NSNumber numberWithInt:
                           (int)((data) ? [data length] : 0)];

    // TODO: this did not set checkaccess to no!
    doc = [self _newFileDocAtPath:_path withName:name abstract:abstract
        ownerPrimaryKey:ownerId
        parentPrimaryKey:
          [[attrs objectForKey:@"globalID"] keyValues][0]
        content:data doNotCheckAccess:NO];
    ////////////

Then, if the data arrived is encoded in base64, it is decoded.


R. Amer
Polythecnic University of Catalonia
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