How to send multipart/form-data request using Postman [closed]

Question

I am currently using the Chrome Addon Postman - REST Client to easily create POST / GET request.

Now I want to debug an upload script and I am looking for a way to make requests encoded as "multipart/form-data" so that I can send also a file.

Answer 1

The usual error is one tries to put Content-Type: {multipart/form-data} into the header of the post request. That will fail, it is best to let Postman do it for you. For example:

Suggestion To Load Via Postman

Fails If In Header

Works

Answer 2

UPDATE: I have created a video on sending multipart/form-data requests to explain this better.

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Actually, Postman can do this.

Full example:

You DON'T need to add any headers, Postman will do this for you automatically.

Make sure you check the comment from @maxkoryukov

Be careful with explicit Content-Type header. Better - do not set it's value, the Postman is smart enough to fill this header for you. BUT, if you want to set the Content-Type: multipart/form-data - do not forget about boundary field.