Attach file, also send body form data

[jasperblues]

I need to attach a file, and also set a body field. How is this possible? Here's the equivalent RestAssured (Java/Kotlin) test:

val response = RestAssured.given().
header("Access-Token", token).
header("API-Key", apiKey).
param("contentId", "1234").
multiPart("file", ClassPathResource("upload_me_i_am_just_right.jpg").getFile()).
post("/profile/photo/0")

println(response.asString())
Assert.assertEquals(200, response.statusCode)

[thatbudakguy]

I'm trying to do this as well. I have:

    return chai.request(server).post('/images')
      .attach('image', 'path/to/image.jpg', 'image.jpg')
      .type('form')
      .send(formDataObject)
      .then(res => res.should.have.status(201))

where formDataObject is an object parsed from JSON representing the form keys/values. If I send this request, my validator tells me that an image wasn't uploaded.

If I take out the send() and type() calls, the image is uploaded, but the validator tells me that the form data wasn't sent.

Seems like I can only send one at the expense of the other.

[thatbudakguy]

Possibly related to #97

[miksansegundo]

These examples works for me:

chai.request(app)
      .post('/api/uploads')
      .field('customKey', 'customValue')
      .attach('files', './test/test.png', 'test.png')
      .then((result) => {
        expect(result).to.have.status(200)
        expect(result.body[0].location).to.include('/test.png')
      })

chai.request(app)
      .post('/api/uploads')
      .field('customKey', 'customValue')
      .attach('files', './test/test.png', 'test.png')
      .catch((err) => {
        expect(err).to.have.status(500)
      })

[jasperblues]

Sorry, it was just a user error. I had a file filter that i'd forgotten about. Unless others are still facing issues, we can close this.

[webocs]

@miksansegundo yeess! I'd tried everything.. field was the missing keyword for me.. using type('form'), attach for the files and field for the data did the trick. Thanks!

[EvilDrW]

In case anyone else ends up here with my problem: this symptom can also be caused if you try to pass a mongoose _id object as the value to the .field() call. Often that object will be automatically cast to a string, but here it was not. Calling .toString() on the _id object before passing it to .field() got rid of this undefined source.on error.

[vieiralucas]

Happy that you guys figured this out, closing the issue.

[guymalka]

the same problem for me
chai.request(app)
.post('/api/coupons/add')
.type('form')
.field('customKey', 'customValue')
.attach('files', 'avatar.png', 'avatar.png')
.send( body )
.end(function(err, res){
expect(err).to.be.null;

});

if i send only json without attaching , the body sent to route , otherwise not