#file-upload

Attackers exploited unauthenticated file uploads to deface roughly 15,000 Magento hostnames across 7,500 domains, impacting major brands and government services worldwide.

Source: Netcraft

How-to: Is there a good jQuery Drag-and-drop file upload plugin? #computers #answer #fix

Is there a good jQuery Drag-and-drop file upload plugin?

Is there a nice tidy jQuery plugin that allows including a single JS script then using a simple snippet to enable a form? Something like this:

$j('#MyForm').enableDragDropUploads('.upload-area')

With the upload target being the action of the form.

Any solution must not prevent a regular file field from being usable (using traditional…

Fixed Posting a File and Data to RESTful WebService as JSON #dev #it #asnwer

Posting a File and Data to RESTful WebService as JSON

This is probably going to be a stupid question but I’m having one of those nights. In an application I am developing I am providing a RESTful API and we want to the client to send data as JSON. Part of this application requires the client to upload a file (usually an image) as well as information about the image.

I’m having a hard time…

How to: A html5 web app for mobile safari to upload images from the Photos.app?

A html5 web app for mobile safari to upload images from the Photos.app?

Is it possible to write a HTML5 web application designed for the iOS devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch) which can allow the user to upload an image from the filesystem?

Imagine uploading a new photo to your twitter avatar via a web app.

Answer: A html5 web app for mobile safari to upload images from the Photos.app?

another…

Fixed Sending multipart/formdata with jQuery.ajax #dev #it #asnwer

Sending multipart/formdata with jQuery.ajax

I’ve got a problem sending a file to a serverside PHP-script using jQuery’s ajax-function. It’s possible to get the File-List with $('#fileinput').attr('files') but how is it possible to send this Data to the server? The resulting array ($_POST) on the serverside php-script is 0 (NULL) when using the file-input.

I know it is possible (though I didn’t…

Fixed How to upload files to server using JSP/Servlet? #dev #it #asnwer

How to upload files to server using JSP/Servlet?

How can I upload files to server using JSP/Servlet? I tried this:

<form action="upload" method="post"> <input type="text" name="description" /> <input type="file" name="file" /> <input type="submit" /> </form>

However, I only get the file name, not the file content. When I add enctype="multipart/form-data" to the <form>, then request.getParameter…

Fixed Maximum request length exceeded #dev #it #asnwer

Maximum request length exceeded

I am getting this error when I am trying to upload a video in my site.

Can you tell me how to fix this?

Answer: Maximum request length exceeded

The maximum request size is, by default, 4mb (4096 KB)

This is explained here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;295626

The above article also explains how to fix this issue :)

Answer: Maximum request…

Fixed Preview an image before it is uploaded #dev #it #asnwer

Preview an image before it is uploaded

I want to be able to preview a file (image) before it is uploaded. The preview action should be executed all in the browser without using Ajax to upload the image.

How can I do this?

Answer: Preview an image before it is uploaded

The answer of LeassTaTT works well in “standard” browsers like FF and Chrome. The solution for IE exists, but looks different.…