Automate the file submission on php form using python

Question

I have server running on PHP with file uploading script which I have typed in index.php. I want to upload the image file from designated path to server automatically.

PHP code:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
if(isset($_FILES['file'])){
    $err=array();
    $f_name=$_FILES['file']['name'];
    //echo $f_name;
    $size=$_FILES['file']['size'];
    $type=$_FILES['file']['type'];
    $file_tmp =$_FILES['file']['tmp_name'];
    echo $file_tmp;
    $file_ext=strtolower(end(explode('.',$_FILES['file']['name'])));
    $allowed_ext= array('jpg','jpeg','png');
    if(in_array($file_ext,$allowed_ext)==FALSE){
        $err[]="extension not allowed";

    }
    if($size > 1000000){
        $err[]='size is greater than 1MB';
    }
    if(empty($err)==TRUE){
        //chmod('upload_image',755);
        echo $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'];
        $newname = dirname(__FILE__).'/upload_image/'.$f_name;
        move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],$newname);
        echo 'success';
    }
    else{
        print_r($err);
    }
}





}

?>

<hr>
<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    Upload your file here:<br>
    <input type="file" name="file" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>

Now I am trying to automate the form submission using a python script, something like:

def upload_file(path):
        url='http://localhost/phptestprogram/upload.php'
        files = {file: open(path,'rb')}
        r = requests.post(url, files=files)
        print r.text

but I am not able achieve my result.

jbafford · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-08 16:29:02Z

1

Your php script is checking for isset($_POST['submit']) before it processes the file, but your python does not appear to be setting the post variable submit. You probably need to do something similar to:

r = requests.post(url, data = {"submit": "submit"}, files = files)

answered Jan 8, 2016 at 16:29

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jbafford Over a year ago

What's not working? Help us to help you. We need to know what you've tried, error messages, and how it's differing from expectations.

Rakesh Singh Over a year ago

def upload_file(path): url='localhost:8081/phptestprogram/upload.php' files = {file: open(path,'rb')} r = requests.post(url, data = {"submit": "submit"}, files = files) def scr_shot(): //some screenshot taking codes os.system(cmd) time.sleep(20) file_name() def file_name(): global path global pathnew path=os.getenv('appdata')+ "\\"+ 'userpic'+"\\" for root,folders,files in os.walk(path): for f in files: pathnew=os.path.join(root,f) upload_file(pathnew) while True: scr_shot()

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