Re: How to send file content to server?

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject	Re: How to send file content to server?
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Tom de Neef wrote:

> "Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> Now I come to a point where the content of a file needs to be
>>> transmitted,
>>> like in:
>>>   function readLocalFile(file) {
>>>     var reader = new FileReader();
>>>     reader.onload =
>>> function(){transmit('origin='+file.name+'&'+this.result)};
>>>     reader.readAsBinaryString(file);
>>>   }
>>>
>>> Questions:
>>> […]1. is this how a file's contents should be passed?
>> No.
>>> 2. is the content-type still correct?
>> No.
>>> 3. shouldn't this.result be encapsulated to cope with & and other
>>> unwanted
>>> chars?
>> Yes.  It should be URL-encoded instead, unless you gzip it.
>>> Or maybe you can point me to an example. I could not find anything
>>> useful.
>> <http://stackoverflow.com/a/8378918/855543>
> 
> Whow !

Thanks.  Any questions as to that?


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How to send file content to server? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-09-28 10:14 +0200
  Re: How to send file content to server? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-28 10:48 +0200
    Re: How to send file content to server? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-09-28 12:52 +0200
      Re: How to send file content to server? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-09-28 13:00 +0200
        Re: How to send file content to server? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-10-01 23:38 +0200
          Re: How to send file content to server? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-02 21:43 +0200
            Re: How to send file content to server? John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-03 16:15 +0100
            Re: How to send file content to server? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-10-03 19:06 +0200
              Re: How to send file content to server? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-03 20:20 +0200
                Re: How to send file content to server? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-10-03 22:46 +0200
                Re: How to send file content to server? "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-10-04 07:50 +0200

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