Grails file upload - how to recognize file and/or content type?

Question

I'm a Grails beginner, so please be patient with me. Currently I'm having hard times manipulating file uploads. As far as I understand using request.getFile() I can easily get the stream of bytes. But before I do that, I want to check the following:

file name of the file being uploaded
file size of the file being uploaded
content/file type of the file being uploaded

How can this be done? Is it even possible before the file is uploaded to the server? I would like to block uploading of large files.

Are you wanting to do this on the front end or back end? – Stefan Kendall Feb 16 '11 at 16:59 — Stefan Kendall, Feb 16 '11 at 16:59

mfloryan · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-16T17:16:37.033

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All the information is contained in the CommonsMultipartFile object that you can cast your request parameter to.

You can use it like that (in your controller)

def uploaded = {
    def CommonsMultipartFile uploadedFile = params.fileInputName
    def contentType = uploadedFile.contentType 
    def fileName = uploadedFile.originalFilename
    def size = uploadedFile.size
}

As far as blocking large file uploads, this could be done by adding the following to your form:

<INPUT name="fileInputName" type="file" maxlength="100000">

but not all browsers will support it. The other limit is you container upload limit (see Tomcat configuration or whatever container you are using).

Other than that, you have to check the size and reject it in the controller.

edited Feb 16 '11 at 17:16

answered Feb 16 '11 at 17:05

mfloryan

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All this provided you are using a simple HTML form submission. – mfloryan Feb 16 '11 at 17:18
Great and helpful answer. You just saved me a lot of time. Thanks :)) – Aoi Karasu Feb 16 '11 at 18:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 06 '21 at 22:36

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Or you can get uploaded file properties directly without using CommonsMultipartFile.

def ufile = request.getFile("fileInputName")
println(ufile.contentType)
println(ufile.originalFilename)
println(ufile.size)

edited May 06 '21 at 22:36

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answered Jul 04 '14 at 13:39

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:14

From server side it is possible to use the configuration at application.yml to limit file size application wide.

Just insert this code on your application.yml:

grails:
  controllers:
    upload:
      maxFileSize: 3145728 # 3 * 1024 * 1024 = 3 MB The maximum file size
      maxRequestSize: 3145728 # The maximum request size

See:

Grails Guide - upload file

Grails3 file upload maxFileSize limit

Grails file upload - how to recognize file and/or content type?

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