benonymus
Hey there,
I am trying to upload a list of files from postman to my api, according to the postman console I am indeed sending a list of files in my request:
documents: [2]
but when it arrives in my params I only see one item and it is not even in a list:
"documents" => %Plug.Upload{
content_type: "image/jpeg",
filename: "batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice-1.jpg",
path: "/tmp/plug-1587/multipart-1587020491-480959249329018-1"
}
Is there something specific that needs to be done in order to have a list of files accepted?
Thanks!
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benonymus
ok seems to be postman issue you need to add
at the end of the name of your field for every field you want in the list
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dimitarvp
I know this isn’t extremely helpful but I would also try with
curl. It’s my benchmark if I’m calling an API correctly.LostKobrakai
I’m not sure if postman is to blame. There’s no spec around how query/body parameters need to be named, therefore it’s up to the receiver to decide how certain names/values are resolved to native data.
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lucaong
Yep, and different libraries do this differently, but it is a fairly common convention (again, not rule) to name parameters that can take multiple values as
param_name[]. Rails is doing this, for example. The reason for having such a convention is that it makes it possible for the library or framework to distinguish between a single value and a list of one element:In Elixir, this is often not needed, as we have keyword lists to express a key/value construct that can take multiple values for a key.