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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-22236

Design way to send files by web service (upload)

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Critical
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.0
    • 2.6
    • Hub
    • MOODLE_20_STABLE
    • MOODLE_26_STABLE
    • MDL-22236-master
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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
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    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
          • Closed

          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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              damyon Damyon Wiese
              jerome Jérôme Mouneyrac
              Jérôme Mouneyrac Jérôme Mouneyrac
              Sam Hemelryk Sam Hemelryk
              David Monllaó David Monllaó
              David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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                Resolved:
                18/Nov/13