Uploading/POSTing a file to the File Cabinet from an outside web page
Hi all, I have an external application that is posting to a Suitelet and I’m attempting to create a new file in the file cabinet. I’m currently building a FormData object and delivering that with the POST. The FormData includes a file field and an input field.
My POST is hitting my Suitelet successfully and I’m able to extract and log the message field with the following:
context.request.parameters["message"]
But I can’t seem to figure out how to access the file from FormData. The following code:
context.request.parameters["vanillaFile"]
Gives me [object FileList] but it doesn’t seem like I’m able to work with the object as expected – not even positive that it’s truly an object. Might just be a string.
I know I can create a Suitelet UI with a file input field and consume that pretty easily but I’m looking to use my external HTML page.
Does anyone know how to POST a file to the NetSuite backend and create a file (create.File) with it?
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
This is definitely possible but I need to jog my memory. To start, could you JSON.strinfify() the FileList object and share the output.
Thanks,
Chris
Hey Chris, thanks for the response. When I stringified with my method above the result was “[object Filelist]”. I think that’s indicative that the files weren’t actually there, correct?
I’ve changed up my code a bit and now I’m just using a simple POST to a Suitelet via a form:
<form action={suitelet} method="POST" encType="multipart/form-data"><div className="site-card-border-less-wrapper"><Space direction="vertical" style={{ width: "100%" }}><TextArea name="message" rows="4" /><input type="file" name="vanillaFile" /><button type="submit">Submit</button></Space></div></form>
The file field (vanillaFile) looks like this:
{"type":"file.File","id":null,"name":"dakboard-agenda-tan.jpg","description":null,"path":"dakboard-agenda-tan.jpg","url":null,"folder":-1,"fileType":"JPGIMAGE","isText":false,"size":92251,"encoding":null,"isInactive":false,"isOnline":false}
I feel like it’s not a good thing that the encoding/url/etc is coming back as null. I’m not sure if the file is even getting to NetSuite properly.
Assuming you are doing a simple form post using multipart form data, your file will be in the request: ServerRequest.files. You are supposed to set the folder and save it somewhere in the file cabinet
