attach file

Description

Attach given file(s) to a web service.

Arguments

Valid contexts

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

Notes

Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cells.

Uploading Files With Real World Examples

  1. Imgur

    • API-under-test: Image Upload
    • control name argument:
      • Required
      • Input value: image
    • Action lines:

  2. Imagify

    • API-under-test: Image Upload
    • control name argument:
      • Required
      • Input value: image
    • file name: Required
    • Action lines:

  3. Google Drive

    • API-under-test: Multipart Upload
    • mime type argument: When this argument is empty, the default value, applied by Google Drive, is application/x-zip
    • Action lines:

  4. Facebook

    • API-under-test: Video Upload
    • file name argument: Required
    • Action lines:

Example

Suppose that you’d like to attach a file with the following information:

  1. Path to the location of the attached file: /Users/test/Desktop/TestData/Web Services/testfile.png
  2. Value of the name attribute in the HTML input tag: file
  3. Attach the given file with a new name: file.png
  4. MIME type of the attached file: image/png
  5. The character set (character encoding) to use: UTF-8

Verify the if the HTTP status of the response is 201, which means the request has been fulfilled and resulted in a new resource being created.

Action Lines

Related concepts

Testing web services


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