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Post: Multipart Upload

Note

This feature is only available on-premises, as of API Fortress version 20.2.0.
This feature also requires that you update the “remotedownloadagent” to the latest version as well.

The following instructions are to show how to make a POST call with an entire file included in the data.

Mounting a Volume

For multipart, API Fortress will look for files in the /data directory, so you’ll have to mount a volume to the /data directory. For example, if you’re using docker-compose, it’s done like this:

  • Navigate to the /core/ directory.
  • Stop “apifortress” but issuing the following command:
    sudo docker-compose stop apifortress
  • Open the “docker-compose.yml” file. 
  • There is a section labeled “#APIFORTRESS DASHBOARD”, at the bottom of this section there will be a “volumes” section.  
  • Here you will see “# – ./data:/data” you can uncomment this line by getting rid of the “#”
  • This will create a folder called “data” in the “/core/” directory.
    volumes:

- ./tomcat_conf/conf:/usr/local/tomcat/conf

# - ./bin:/usr/local/tomcat/bin

- ./data:/data
  • Now start the “apifortress” service again by issuing the following command:
    sudo docker-compose up -d apifortress

Make a Multipart POST Call

Now that we have a directory mounted we can make the POST call using a file from the “/data/” folder. 

  • You can add a “post parameter” to your POST call to load the file into.
  • Give the post parameter a name and craft the value using the following notation: “@file:filename.extension”.
  • If the name matches a file in the /data/ directory, then the whole form becomes a form-data type, and the file will be uploaded as a multipart.