Gets a datatable with information about the uploaded files.
Fields: Key, FileName, ContentType, ContentLength.

Syntax

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datatable request.files()

Parameters

This Viper method does not expose any parameters.

Return Value

Data Type	Description
DataTable	DataTable

Examples

Request Location, Method, Files, SaveFile Example

This example displays a simple form, which can be used to upload one or more files to the server. When the form is posted back, several viper methods from the Request class are used to process the uploaded files and save them to disc.

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<form class="CoolForm" action="{request.location()}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <fieldset> <legend>Your images</legend> <input class="Required MultiFile TextBox" id="files" type="file" name="files"/> <br /> <input type="submit" value="Save"/> </fieldset> </form> <se:if expression="request.method()=='POST'" error="Error saving files: {this.error.message()}"> Uploaded: <se:format inputdata="{request.files()}" > <se:rowformat> {request.savefile(this.field(key), '/temp/'+this.field(filename))} Saved {this.field(filename)} <br /> </se:rowformat> </se:format> </se:if>

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<form class="CoolForm" action="{request.location()}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <fieldset>
    <legend>Your images</legend> 
    <input class="Required MultiFile TextBox" id="files" type="file" name="files"/> <br />
    <input type="submit" value="Save"/>
    </fieldset>
</form>

<se:if expression="request.method()=='POST'" error="Error saving files: {this.error.message()}">
    Uploaded: 
    <se:format inputdata="{request.files()}" >
        <se:rowformat>
            {request.savefile(this.field(key), '/temp/'+this.field(filename))}
            Saved {this.field(filename)}
            <br />
        </se:rowformat>
    </se:format>         
</se:if>

Request.GetFileData() example

In this example, an uploaded image is directly read from the posted data and put into a personalization record.

The form used for uploading could look like this:

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<form method="post" action="{url.create(itemdata.number())}" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <label for="Photo">Select picture</label> <input name="Photo" id="Photo" type="file" /> <button type="submit">Update picture</button> </form>

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<form method="post" action="{url.create(itemdata.number())}" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <label for="Photo">Select picture</label>
  <input name="Photo" id="Photo" type="file" /> 
  <button type="submit">Update picture</button>
</form>

Here's the SXML used to get and store the image data.

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<se:format inputdata="{request.files()}" > <se:rowformat match="first"> {personalization.set('', Avatar, request.getfiledata(this.field(key)))} </se:rowformat> </se:format>

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