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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-22236

Design way to send files by web service (upload)

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Critical
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: 2.0
    • Fix Version/s: 2.6
    • Component/s: Hub
    • Testing Instructions:
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      (Requires curl)

      1. Create a webservice with "Can upload files" enabled.
      2. Create a webservice token for a user
      3. Create a test file: 

        echo "Actually vegemite on croissants is quite nice" > upload.txt

      4. Test uploading the file (replace the token and url with your own): 

        curl -F token=927784a730aba681d84bbf6c13e1d3da -F filearea=draft -F file=@upload.txt -v http://damyon.moodle.local/im/webservice/upload.php

      Check for a valid json response with a generated item id.
      e.g.

      [

      {"component":"user","contextid":"28","userid":"16","filearea":"draft","filename":"upload.txt","filepath":"\/","itemid":955505089,"license":"allrightsreserved","author":"Officer Barbady","source":""}

      ]

      Run unit tests:
      ./vendor/bin/phpunit webservice/tests/externallib_test.php

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      (Requires curl) Create a webservice with "Can upload files" enabled. Create a webservice token for a user Create a test file: echo "Actually vegemite on croissants is quite nice" > upload.txt Test uploading the file (replace the token and url with your own): curl -F token=927784a730aba681d84bbf6c13e1d3da -F filearea=draft -F file=@upload.txt -v http://damyon.moodle.local/im/webservice/upload.php Check for a valid json response with a generated item id. e.g. [ {"component":"user","contextid":"28","userid":"16","filearea":"draft","filename":"upload.txt","filepath":"\/","itemid":955505089,"license":"allrightsreserved","author":"Officer Barbady","source":""} ] Run unit tests: ./vendor/bin/phpunit webservice/tests/externallib_test.php
    • Difficulty:
      Difficult
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_20_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_26_STABLE
    • Pull from Repository:
    • Pull Master Branch:
      MDL-22236-master
    • Pull Master Diff URL:
    • Story Points:
      40

      Description

      Find a way to send any files to any draft file area in Moodle and use them in the web service calls.

      Original issue description:

      Sending files to hub currently works but the design has been refused by Petr because it uses ws token in a POST request with $_FILES. After talking with Dongsheng and Petr, the conclusion was we will be sending files by web service (probably called in a cron script, if the file is too big). And biggest files will be chunked in order to be sent. It implies to write a new file web service design.
      Downloading files could need to follow the same design...

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          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-25279 Test publication of very big backup (1Gb - 3Gb - 7Gb)

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Open

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-37148 More webservices for Assignment

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed
          Discovered while testing

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-37579 Webservice file upload is more restrictive than uploads with the filepicker/filemanager.

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be completed. Tasks usually refer to work that must be done outside the product. MDL-38050 Deprecate webservice that allows uploads directly to private files (and provide alternative)

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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                  Fix Release Date:
                  18/Nov/13