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Android Uploading a file to php

i want to upload a file to server php using post
Heres my code
String url = "http://blabla.com/upload.php";
File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
"Myfile.log");
try {
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
InputStreamEntity reqEntity = new InputStreamEntity(
new FileInputStream(file), -1);
reqEntity.setContentType("binary/octet-stream");
reqEntity.setChunked(true); // Send in multiple parts if needed
httppost.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
//Do something with response...
}
My question is how can i handle it on php ? If its in $_FILES array then what id i should use to put it in uploads folder ($_FILES['whatShouldBeHere'] )? Thanks .

MultipartEntity Android sending zip file but not able to save it in php

Im sending data using MulitpartEntity, I know zip file is being sent, I can loop it in php but for some reason the type returns empty.
if($_FILES["imagezip"]["name"]) {
$type = $_FILES["imagezip"]["type"];
$strLog .= $type . " type\n";
}
it keeps on failing when I try to move it
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['imagezip']['tmp_name'], $file_path)) {
$strLog .= "success\n";
} else{
$strLog .= "fail\n";
}
Here is how I am sending the file
DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url); // You can use get method too here if you use get at the php scripting side to receive any values.
MultipartEntity multipartEntity = new MultipartEntity();
multipartEntity.addPart("json", new StringBody(mPost));
multipartEntity.addPart("imagezip", new FileBody(mfile));
httpPost.setEntity(multipartEntity);
//httpPost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(parmeters));
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
InputStream inputStream = httpEntity.getContent();

cURL command using java

curl -F file=#/path/to/index.html -u lslkdfmkls#gmail.com -F 'data={"title":"API V1 App","package":"com.alunny.apiv1","version":"0.1.0","create_method":"file"}' https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/apps
I am trying to achieve the same using a java program using HttpClient library.
DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpHost targetHost = new HttpHost("build.phonegap.com", 443, "https");
client.getCredentialsProvider().setCredentials(
new AuthScope(targetHost.getHostName(), targetHost.getPort(),AuthScope.ANY_REALM),
new UsernamePasswordCredentials("abc#gmail.com", "abc123"));
String authToken = "?auth_token=abcdefgh";
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("https://build.phonegap.com/api/v1/apps" + authToken );
String jsonString = "{\"title\":\"API V1 App\",\"create_method\":\"file\"}";
MultipartEntity multipartEntity = new MultipartEntity();
multipartEntity.addPart(new FormBodyPart("data", new StringBody(jsonString)));
multipartEntity.addPart("file", new FileBody(new File("C:/Users/Desktop/app.zip")));
/*StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(jsonString, "UTF-8"); */
httpPost.setEntity(multipartEntity);
System.out.println("executing request " + httpPost.getRequestLine());
HttpResponse httpResponse = client.execute(httpPost);
HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
System.out.println(httpResponse.getStatusLine());
if(entity != null ){
System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
}
In the above code I can only set StringEntity or FileEntity but not both and I think this is what is required to get the functionality of the curl command.
After trying with StringEntity and FileEntity I tried with MultipartEntity but no luck..
Can you please provide me with more details and if possible an example..
Thanks in advance.

One has to instantiate the MultipartEntity as follows:
MultipartEntity multipartEntity = new MultipartEntity(
HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE
) ;
This worked for me.
By default the MultipartEntity is instantiated with HttpMultipartMode.STRICT mode which is documented in the javadocs as "RFC 822, RFC 2045, RFC 2046 compliant" .
Can someone brief out the RFC's mentioned here for clear understanding..
Thanks a Lot

Post text and files in Java/Android in UTF-8

I have the following code for posting a text and a file with http:
HttpPost post = new HttpPost(url);
MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity();
entity.addPart("field_1", new StringBody(textField));
entity.addPart("field_2", new FileBody(new File(filepath)));
post.setEntity(entity);
HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(post);
It works nice the problem is that I need the textField value to be encoded in UTF-8.Any ideas?
Editted: Found an error in the code, posting the working answer

The sollution is to use:
new StringBody(textField,"text/plain",Charset.forName("UTF-8")

Upload image byte[] with POST

How to send Image or Video with post request with lot off other parameters with post request ? I have image and video in byte[] format and I am trying like
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
http.setURI(URI.create(url));
MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity(
HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);
ByteArrayBody bab = new ByteArrayBody(a.getData(),
a.getQuestionId() + ".jpg");
reqEntity.addPart("type", new StringBody("photo"));
reqEntity.addPart("data", bab);
http.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(http);
it pass through code but it doesn't upload anything ( bab !=null ). Does anybody have any idea what is wrong, I cannot provide more info, other team is at ws ?

Your code should look something more like this:
MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);
ByteArrayBody bab = new ByteArrayBody(a.getData(), a.getQuestionId() + ".jpg");
reqEntity.addPart("type", new StringBody("photo"));
reqEntity.addPart("data", bab);
HttpPost postMethod = new HttpPost(url);
postMethod.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient():
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(postMethod);