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richie
Community Hero
6 years ago

Submitting a multipart/form-data request generates automatic boundary - but only on start and finish

Hi,   Bit embaressed I can't sort this out cos its functionality not coding - but I'm struggling - I need to use the multipart/form-data type in a request (no other will do apparently - even thou...
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Nastya_Khovrina
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)

Hi richie 

 

You can do the following:

1. Specify your properties as query parameters of a request.

2. Check the Post QueryString option.

3. Don't forget to clear the Request form (below the Media Type dropdown)

Please see the screenshot:

 

Here is what you'll get as a result:

 

 

Also, here are some useful resources:

LearnUpon: https://smartbearacademy.learnupon.com/enrollments/25031374

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL-zehJmtWw&list=PLrA5ciulugn_w0pW1_SSyfucD-k5Fasj_&index=5

richie's avatar
richie
Community Hero
6 years ago

Hey Nastya_Khovrina 

 

Thankyou!

 

But I think I've found another defect which now I can see was causing me a lot of the problems - I kept thinking I was doing something wrong because whenever I went from Projects to SoapUI to add the request into the testcase - the parms were blank.

 

That is -  I can create the request in the Projects section adding the payload in as query parms - and submit the request using the type and query parms as you suggest within the Projects tab only and the request is successful.

 

HOWEVER - when I go into the SoapUI tab - and add the new request to the testcase the parameters are BLANK - i.e. they're not present - and I can't alter the parms on a request in the SoapUI tab - if I go back into the Projects tab - I can see my request with the queryparms as created before.

 

Nastya_Khovrina can you please try and replicate this? - it's quite a hindrance if you can't actually use the request within a testcase when the type is 'multipart/form-data'!

 

Thank you for all your help! :)

 

rich

 

 

  • Nastya_Khovrina's avatar
    Nastya_Khovrina
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    6 years ago

    Hi rich,

     

    Yes, I can reproduce this behavior, but, this is by design. When working with tests, you may want to specify different parameter values.

     

     

    • richie's avatar
      richie
      Community Hero
      6 years ago
      Hi Nastya_Khovrina,

      I'm sorry i obviously wasn't clear in my previous message. I didn't mean the parameter values....absolutely they need to be altered within the SoapUI tab. I meant the parameters (the names) themselves. When i add in the parms and values in the ReadyAPI! tab, i can submit the request successfully.
      However once i go into the SoapUI tab and select the request as a test step, the parameter list is blank....i dont mean the values are blank....i mean there are no parametes listed at all!

      Cheers,

      Rich
      • Nastya_Khovrina's avatar
        Nastya_Khovrina
        SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
        6 years ago

        Hi richie,

         

        Thank you for the clarification. I cannot reproduce the issue on my side, please see my sample video:

        https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnCx6DcSb33_lwss662lFHZvBoSC.

        Are you sure that you're selecting the correct request? If this still doesn't work for you, please open a new case here: and provide us with the details about the issue: your ReadyAPI version, screenshots, project, etc. Also, please clarify whether the issue is specific for a project or service.

         

        Also, I tried with the parameter values (not parameters itself) - they are added as well.