Cannot upload file to Spring Boot REST using Axios and FormData

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I try to upload file from page using axios and can't get it on my controller. In fromt-end I use Vue.js with axios, and at the back end Spring MVC Controller. It seems that my controller can`t convert FormData() to MultipartFile in spring. I read a lot of questions but have no answer. here is my code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" xmlns:v-on="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Title</title>
    <!-- Vue.js development version, includes helpful console warnings -->
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue/dist/vue.js"></script>

    <!--Axios dependency-->
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>

    <!--Bootstrap-->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Vkoo8x4CGsO3+Hhxv8T/Q5PaXtkKtu6ug5TOeNV6gBiFeWPGFN9MuhOf23Q9Ifjh" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-J6qa4849blE2+poT4WnyKhv5vZF5SrPo0iEjwBvKU7imGFAV0wwj1yYfoRSJoZ+n" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-Q6E9RHvbIyZFJoft+2mJbHaEWldlvI9IOYy5n3zV9zzTtmI3UksdQRVvoxMfooAo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
    <script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-wfSDF2E50Y2D1uUdj0O3uMBJnjuUD4Ih7YwaYd1iqfktj0Uod8GCExl3Og8ifwB6" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

</head>
<body>
    <h4>Uploading files with Vue.js</h4>

    <div id="uploadSingle" class="container">

            <h5>Single file uploading</h5>
            <div class="large-12 medium-12 small-12 cell">

                <div class="form-row" >
                    <div class="col-md-4 mb-3">
                        <input type="file" ref="file" id="customFile"
                               v-on:change="handleFileUpload($event)"
                               class="custom-file-input"
                               enctype="multipart/form-data">
                        <label class="custom-file-label" for="customFile">{{chosenFile}}</label>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <button v-on:click="submitFile()" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
            </div>
    </div>


    <div id="uploadMultiple" class="container">
        <h5>Multiple files uploading</h5>
    </div>


    <script >
        var app = new Vue({
            el: '#uploadSingle',
            data() {
                return {
                    message: 'Hello Vue!',
                    singleFile: '',
                    refFile: '',
                    chosenFile: 'Chose file'
                };
            },
            methods:{
                handleFileUpload(event){
                    this.singleFile = event.target.files[0];
                    this.chosenFile=this.singleFile.name;
                },
                submitFile(){
                    var formData = new FormData();
                    formData.append("file", this.singleFile);

                    axios.post( '/single-file',
                        formData,{
                            headers: {
                                'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'
                            }

                        }
                    ).then(function(){console.log('SUCCESS!')})
                        .catch((error) => console.log( error ) )

                },
            },
        })
    </script>
</body>
</html>

and controller file:

package com.yurets_y.webdevelopment_uploading_file_with_vue.controller;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;

import java.io.IOException;

@CrossOrigin("*")
@Controller
public class UploadController {

    @Value("${upload.path}")
    private String uploadPath;


    @ResponseBody
    @PostMapping(value="/single-file", consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE)
    public ResponseEntity<?> uploadSingle(
            @RequestParam(name="file", required = false) MultipartFile file
    ) {
        System.out.println("uploaded");
        System.out.println(file);


        return ResponseEntity.ok().build();


    }


}

I will be very grateful for the advice.

P.S. when I use @RequestParam(name="file", required=true) MultipartFile file I get error POST http://localhost:8080/single-file 400 (Bad Request), It looks like spring cannot get MultipartFile file from FormData. At back end I don't get any errors, only MultipartFile file = null

Юрий Яхница · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-20 10:34:29Z

1

After two days, that I spent to solve my promlem I fount a couple of working projects, compare all files and found, that my problem was in dependencies, I used dependency:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
    </dependency>

And when I change dependency:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    </dependency>

Now it's working exactly how I need.

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 10:34

Юрий Яхница

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