Trying to upload a file to a JAX-RS (jersey) server

Question

I'm trying to upload a file and other form data using multipart/form-data client with Jersey. I'm uploading to a REST web service also using Jersey. Here is the server code:

@POST
@Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public String create(@FormDataParam("file") InputStream file,
        @FormDataParam("file") FormDataContentDisposition fileInfo,
        @FormDataParam("name") String name,
        @FormDataParam("description") String description) {
    Ingredient ingredient = new Ingredient();
    ingredient.setName(name);
    ingredient.setDescription(description);
    ingredient.setImageName(fileInfo.getFileName());
    ingredient.setImagePath(context.getRealPath("/resources/uploads/"));
    // TODO save the file.
    try {
        JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
        try {
            ingredientService.create(ingredient);
        } catch (final InvalidParameterException ex) {
            logger.log(Level.INFO, ex.getMessage());
            json.put("result", false);
            json.put("error", ex.getMessage());
            return json.toString();
        } catch (final GoodDrinksException ex) {
            logger.log(Level.WARNING, null, ex);
            json.put("result", false);
            json.put("error", ex.getMessage());
            return json.toString();
        }
        json.put("ingredient", JsonUtil.ingredientToJSON(ingredient));
        return json.put("result", true).toString();
    } catch (JSONException ex) {
        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        return "{\"result\",false}";
    }
}

I've tested the server code using a basic html form on my desktop and it works fine. The problem seems to be in the client. Here is the relevant client code.

ClientConfig config = new DefaultClientConfig();
client = Client.create(config);
client.addFilter(new LoggingFilter());
webResource = client.resource("http://localhost:8080/webapp/resources").path("ingredient");
FormDataMultiPart fdmp = new FormDataMultiPart();
if (file != null) {
    fdmp.bodyPart(new FileDataBodyPart("file", file, MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM_TYPE));
}
fdmp.bodyPart(new FormDataBodyPart("name", ingredient.getName()));
fdmp.bodyPart(new FormDataBodyPart("description", ingredient.getDescription()));

ClientResponse response = webResource.type(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_TYPE).post(ClientResponse.class, fdmp);
String string = response.getEntity(String.class);
logger.log(Level.INFO, "response: {0}", string);

I'm getting a 400 response from the server "The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect"

Here is the message that is spit out of the logger, this one is without a file to keep the output brief:

1 > POST http://localhost:8080/webapp/resources/ingredient  
1 > Content-Type: multipart/form-data  
1 >   
--Boundary_5_1545082086_1303666703655  
Content-Type: text/plain  
Content-Disposition: form-data;name="name"  
Adam  
--Boundary_5_1545082086_1303666703655  
Content-Type: text/plain  
Content-Disposition: form-data;name="description"  
Test  
--Boundary_5_1545082086_1303666703655--  

What am I doing wrong in the client to get this working correctly?

Answer 1

If you want to add Strings to the FormDataMultiPart just use the .field("name", "value") method the same way it is used for the file attachment (queryParam does not work).

Below is a working sample:

First, the server part which returns the content of the read file as a String:

@Path("file")
public class FileResource {

    @POST
    @Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)
    public Response handleUpload(@FormDataParam("file") InputStream stream) throws Exception {
        return Response.ok(IOUtils.toString(stream)).build();
    }
}

Second, the client method posting the file:

public void upload(String url, String fileName) {
    InputStream stream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(fileName);
    FormDataMultiPart part = new FormDataMultiPart().field("file", stream, MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN_TYPE);

    WebResource resource = Client.create().resource(url);
    String response = resource.type(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_TYPE).post(String.class, part);
    assertEquals("Hello, World", response);
}

Third, the test environment:

Server server;

@Before
public void before() throws Exception {
    server = new Server(8080);
    server.addHandler(new WebAppContext(WEB_INF_DIRECTORY, "/"));
    server.start(); 
}

@After
public void after() throws Exception {
    server.stop();
}

@Test
public void upload() {
    upload("http://localhost:8080/file", "file.txt");
}

Finally, the maven dependencies:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>4.8.2</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
        <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
        <version>1.6</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
        <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
        <version>1.6</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
        <artifactId>jersey-multipart</artifactId>
        <version>1.6</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
        <artifactId>jetty-embedded</artifactId>
        <version>6.1.26</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

The file.txt is at the root of the classpath and contains Hello, World.