How can I receive multipart/form-data in Spring MVC Controller?

Question

I need to implement a REST-Endpoint, that receives multipart/form-data
I use:

• Spring Boot
  
• Kotlin
  
• Spring MVC
  

A multipart form submit with the following parts:

deployment-name ----- text/plain
enable-duplicate-filtering ----- text/plain
deploy-changed-only ----- text/plain
deployment-source ----- text/plain
tenant-id ----- text/plain
* ----- application/octet-stream

The Rest Controller looks so:

    @PostMapping("/data/deployment/create")
    fun uploadDmn(
            @RequestParam("deployment-name")
            deploymentName: String,
            @RequestParam("enable-duplicate-filtering")
            enableDuplicateFiltering: String?,
            @RequestParam("deploy-changed-only")
            deployChangedOnly: String,
            @RequestParam("deployment-source")
            deploymentSource: String,
            @RequestParam("tenant-id")
            tenantId: String,
            @RequestParam("data")
            data: MultipartFile
    ) {
        println(deploymentName)
        println(deployChangedOnly)
        println(deploymentSource)
        println(tenantId)
        println(data.toString())
    }

For all params that works, but for the last one that doesn't work. I've tried to give a name "data", "*", "file" that doesn't work.

Required request part 'data' is not present

The Controller doesn't see that file.

I've tried too to use Retrofit:

    @PostMapping("/data/deployment/create")
    @Multipart
    fun uploadDmn(
            @Part("data")
            data: MultipartFile
    ) {
        println(data.toString())
}

But that doesn't work too:

Parameter specified as non-null is null

How can I work with that content type? multipart/form-data

Example of Request:

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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="deployment-name"

aName
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="enable-duplicate-filtering"

true
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="deployment-source"

process application
--28319d96a8c54b529aa9159ad75edef9
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="data"; filename="test.bpmn"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bpmn2:definitions ...>
  <!-- BPMN 2.0 XML omitted -->
</bpmn2:definitions>
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Can anyone help please?

Solution

I hope I can help you with that. Try it.

    @RequestMapping(value = "/putRequest",
        produces = { "application/json" }, 
        consumes = { "multipart/form-data" },
        method = RequestMethod.PUT)
    public ResponseEntity<SuccessDto> requestPut(@Valid @RequestParam(value = "commit", required = false, defaultValue="false") Boolean commit, @Valid @RequestPart("file") MultipartFile file) {
        return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.OK);
    }

Comments

[LHCHIN]

Have you set the spring.servlet.multipart.enabled to be true?

[JetBrains]

@LHCHIN no, but I've tried to do that in application.properties. Still the same problem: Parameter specified as non-null is null

[Ludovico Sidari]

You should add the multipart filter before the crsf one. stackoverflow.com/a/35405063/11951081

[JetBrains]

I don't know why you have annotated 90% of the code with a Swagger, but the main part is here the annotation @RequestPart. Unfortunately that doesn't work too. The same problem "Required request part 'data' is not present". I think the problem is in the App that sends this request. The App is "Camunda Modeler".

[pb11pb]

"I think the problem is in the App that sends this request." I agree. The code above expects a FormData object in the body with the key "file". Of course I do not know in which form the client sends his request. Maybe the key has to be adjusted.

[pb11pb]

Try to change @RequestPart("file") with @RequestPart("data").