JavaFileUpload

Handling file upload

Uploading files in a form using multipart/form-data

The standard way of uploading files in a Web application is to use a form with a special multipart/form-data encoding. It allows to mix standard form data with file attachment.

Start by writing an Html form:

@form(action = @routes.Application.upload, 'enctype -> "multipart/form-data") {
    
    <input type="file" name="picture">
    
    <p>
        <input type="submit">
    </p>
    
}

Now let's define the upload action:

public static Result upload() {
  MultipartFormData body = request().body().asMultipartFormData();
  FilePart picture = body.getFile("picture");
  if(picture != null) {
    String fileName = picture.getFilename();
    String contentType = picture.getContentType(); 
    File file = picture.getFile();
    return ok("File uploaded");
  }.getOrElse {
    flash("error", "Missing file");
    return redirect(routes.Application.index());    
  }
}

Direct file upload

Another way to send files to the server is to use Ajax to upload file asynchronously in a form. In this case the request body with not been encoded as multipart/form-data, but will just contain the plain file content.

public static Result upload() {
  File file = request().body().asRaw().asFile();
  return ok("File uploaded");
}

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