Question

I found two snippets that show how to do image upload in Play:

• Include a Blob in your model
• Use play.data.Upload

I kind of like the Blob approach, it’s simpler and more elegant. What I’m asking is … can I get the original filename with this approach? I noticed that the Upload class has a getFileName() method. Can I access the filename in the Blob approach?

Answer 1

Inside your controller’s method, you can use something like:

File f = params.get("image", File.class); 

(where “image” is the name of your blob parameter) to get the File object.

Finally, you can get the filename with

f.getName();

(source: http://groups.google.com/group/play-framework/browse_thread/thread/21ccf6057d8bf4f5?pli=1)