Use Ruby Mechanize to simulate file uploading by Flash

Question

I want to use Ruby Mechanize to write an auto file uploading script for a website. But the read upload step of the website is done by a Flash file. I use fiddler captured the traffic from the Flash file to the server. Here is it.

POST /upload.php HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/*
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----------KM7KM7Ij5KM7KM7ei4GI3GI3gL6GI3
User-Agent: Shockwave Flash
Host: 119.147.15.17<this is fake IP address>
Content-Length: 7800236
Connection: Keep-Alive
Pragma: no-cache

------------KM7KM7Ij5KM7KM7ei4GI3GI3gL6GI3
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Filename"

learning_objectives.flv
------------KM7KM7Ij5KM7KM7ei4GI3GI3gL6GI3
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="FileData"; filename="learning_objectives.flv"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

This_is_the_real_data_in_learning_objectives.flv

My question is how can I simulate this post requrest? Currently what I can think of is create a form by myself and add an input element with type file. Then submit this form with customized headers (such as the user-agent etc.). But I'm still have difficult in dealing with the file upload part. Anyone can help me with it? Thanks!

Have you looked at the mechanize code to figure out how it handles multipart forms? You should be able to adapt the code used there to send a custom multipart request. — Niklas B., Mar 03 '12 at 16:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '12 at 02:10

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It should look something like this:

agent.post url, 'FileData' => File.new('learning_objectives.flv')

answered Mar 04 '12 at 02:10

pguardiario

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