attach multiple file into one property

[msalvador]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to post multiple files that use the same property.

Property name is:"file"

Files to upload:"HP.png,HP1.png,etc..."

So file=>HP.png,HP1.png

For semplicity I post both postman screenshot(that works) and ReadyAPI screenshot(that don't works).

What I want to do is reply postman request into ReadyAPI

Any idea?

Thanks in advance

[richie]

Hey @msalvador 

 Can you please reattach the screen grabs you embedded please?  They're tiny and I cant see them - even when I download them.

If you use the attach function rather than embed function - I find that helps with screengrab sizes sometimes

ta

Rich

[msalvador]

[richie]

Hey @msalvador 

Im still unsure what you're after - but I think (considering the screenshot), you want to have multiple URI parms (either URI or query) with the identical names (but different values).

If my above guess IS correct, check out -->  https://community.smartbear.com/t5/ReadyAPI-Questions/how-to-pass-more-then-one-parameter-in-soapUI-...

This tells you how to do it and definitely works cos I've done it before myself!

Cheers,

Rich

[msalvador]

Hi Richie,

thank you for the reply, I tried but without success.

Problem is on file parameter. Syntax for sending files is

Parameter            Value

file                         file:HP.png

I tried

Parameter            Value

file                         file:HP.png|file:HP1.png

Parameter            Value

file                         file:HP.png|HP1.png

but it doesn't work

[richie]

Hey @msalvador 

what's the mediaType value you're setting?   What's the Content-Type header for your successful request in Postman?

I'm guessing that you need to set the MediaType combo box to either 'x-www-form-urlencoded' or the 'form-data' option to replicate the Content-Type header generated on the successful request in Postman

If my memory is correct - the  x-www-form-urlencoded doesnt work for files - I think - it's been quite a while since I attached a file.

So! - short answer  - "I think" again going on memory here, I think the value you need to stick on the MediaType combo is 'multipart/form-data' - if you've setup correctly then this should work.

cheers,

Rich

[msalvador]

Hi Richie,

in postman is a form:data.

in ReadyAPI I set Mediatype= multipart/form-data

[richie]

Hi @msalvador 

yeah - the radio button to set the type in Postman is entitled as 'form-data' - but if you look at the RAW details of the request - the Content-Type header will say 'multipart/form-data'

Thats what you need to populate the MediaType dropdown with

If you're still struggling - once I've finished work, I'll setup a VIRT to match your URI string and set it up in ReadyAPI and screenshot it so you know what I did.

Cheers,

Rich

[msalvador]

Authorization: Basic Q1BEVEhQODdBMDFJNzI1UDo2NzQ0NTYwMw==

User-Agent: PostmanRuntime/7.28.4

Accept: */*

Postman-Token: 3741f70b-d8c2-4d40-9339-de2df80304b3

Host: xx.xx.it

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br

Connection: keep-alive

Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=--------------------------461373579186026720762425

Content-Length: 818365

[richie]

Hey @msalvador 

yep - as you can from the RAW details of the Postman request - your Content-Type header is set to 'multipart/form-data'.

So - if you set the MediaType combo to 'multipart/form-data' that should sort things

Cheers,

Rich