I have used curl to upload an image file Penguins.jpg
. For example:
C:\curl>curl -vX PUT -H "Content-Type: image/jpeg" http://localhost:5984/DBNAME/DOCID/Penguins?rev=LATEST_REVISION --data-binary @Penguins.jpg
and it worked...
So, how can I achieve the same using ibrowse? ===============================
Naturally, a file upload is an HTTP POST
. Now lets first write piece of Erlang code which does HTTP/1.1 POST with Ibrowse
.
%% Assumes Ibrowse application is in Code path
ensure_ibrowse()->
case whereis(ibrowse) of
undefined -> ibrowse:start();
_ -> ok
end.
post(Link,Data,Headers)->
ensure_ibrowse(),
try ibrowse:send_req(Link,Headers,post,Data) of
{ _, _, _,Result} ->
io:format("\n\tFile Uploaded. Return: ~p~n",[Result]);
EE -> {error,EE}
catch
XX:XX2 -> {error,XX,XX2}
end.
From there, lets do our Couch DB thing.
-define(Link,"http://localhost:5984/DBNAME/DOCID/Penguins?rev=LATEST_REVISION").
%% File_path must be a valid file !
upload_file(Full_file_path)->
case file:read_file(Full_file_path) of
{ok,Binary} ->
post(?Link,Binary,[{"Content-Type","image/jpeg"}]);
Error -> Error
end.
There you go ! All you need to do is to customize your Macro Link
to fit your couch DB settings and you're good to go !