Question

I use a basic Post to send data to a Django server.

The data consists of a base64 encoded 640*380 PNG image dynamically created by the flex component.

<mx:HTTPService id='formSend' showBusyCursor='true'      useProxy='false' url='http://127.0.0.1/form/'      method='POST' result='formSentConfirmation(event)'    fault='formSendingFailed(event)'/>    private function sendForm(url:String, message:String, meteo:Number):void {     formSend.url = url;     var params:Object = { message: message, image_data: getEncodedImage() };      snapButton.label = 'sending ...';     formSend.send(params); } 

On the server side i can see that the data is in the request.POST not in request.FILES. That means the image is not send as a File with multiencode HTTP.

1. Will i get into trouble on a real server ? since the limit is 200k for urlencoded POST var.

2. How to make HTTPservice send the data as a file?

3. Any other solutions?

Thanks

Answer 1

1. Probably, yes. It depends whether you impose a hard limit on the the file size and how the destination page handles the request.

2. I don’t believe it’s actually possible at the moment.

3. Read this. FileReference is the recommended way of uploading files.