File inputs

[Adrian Jackson]

I'm probably missing something obvious, but I'm having problems tracking down how to set the contents of an <input type="file"...> element. I'm currently using:

setFormElement("historyFile", new File("data/historicalFile").getCanonicalPath());

But this gives the following error:

com.meterware.httpunit.FormParameter$UnusedParameterValueException: Attempted to assign to parameter 'historyFile' the extraneous value 'C:\...\data\historicalFile'.
    at com.meterware.httpunit.FormParameter.setValues(FormParameter.java:94)
    at com.meterware.httpunit.WebForm.setParameter(WebForm.java:505)
    at com.meterware.httpunit.WebForm.setParameter(WebForm.java:498)
    at net.sourceforge.jwebunit.HttpUnitDialog.setFormParameter(Unknown Source)
    at net.sourceforge.jwebunit.WebTester.setFormElement(Unknown Source)
    at net.sourceforge.jwebunit.WebTestCase.setFormElement(Unknown Source)
    at com.fulcrum.fulcrumapp.web.HistoricalDataTest.testUpload(HistoricalDataTest.java:52)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
    at junit.framework.TestCase.runTest(TestCase.java:154)
    at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:127)
    at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:106)
    at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:124)
    at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:109)
    at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:118)
    at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208)
    at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203)
    at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208)
    at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:392)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:276)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:167)

Any suggestions?

[Adrian Jackson]

Any suggestions other than, for example, "Use the right forum, monkey-boy!" I can make that one myself.

<sigh> All these Sourceforge forums look alike to me on a Monday morning. :(

[Mattias Jiderhamn]

I suppose the form element is a <input type="file" ... >. Shouldn't you set a file rather than a file name instead?

In HttpUnit I found WebForm.setParameter(String name, UploadFileSpec[] files).

I can not find any references to that method in the HttpUnit code though. There might not be any support for this yet. In that case try to code it yourself.

[Steve Rumbles]

This works for me:
upload = new WebConversation();
            try {
                serverResponse = upload.getResponse(applicationURL);   
                WebForm uploadForm = serverResponse.getForms()[0];
                WebRequest request = uploadForm.getRequest();
                    File file = new File(fileName);
                UploadFileSpec[] filesArray = new UploadFileSpec[1];
                filesArray[0] = new UploadFileSpec( file );
                request.setParameter(fileFieldName, filesArray);
                activeResponse = upload.getResponse(request);
               
    } catch (SAXException e) {
                System.err.println( "SAXException:" + e.getMessage() );
            } catch ( MalformedURLException e){
                System.err.println("MalformedURLException: " + e.getMessage());
            } catch (IOException e){
                System.err.println("IOException: " + e.getMessage());
                e.printStackTrace();
            }