Sending additional data with multipart

Question

I am using apache-commons-fileupload to get file from client to the server.(using JSP and Servlet).

JSP/HTML

<form method="POST" action="GetFile" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="datafile">
<input type="text" name="text1">
<input type="submit" value="Next">
</form>

Servlet: GetFile

System.out.println(request.getParameter("text1"));

I am able to upload the file to the server, but I am not able to get the value of text1 in the servlet (I am getting null value of text1 in the servlet), I need this textfield in the form to submit some additional information while uploading it to the server.

• Is enctype="multipart/form-data" option of form doesn't allow other form data to be submited? if it doesn't allow it then what are the other options I have to send this additional textfield to the server.
• Or is there any other problem in my code?

Answer 1

Is enctype="multipart/form-data" option of form doesn't allow other form data to be submited? if it doesn't allow it then what are the other options I have to send this additional textfield to the server.

No there is no issue with using enctype="multipart/form-data". You can get other fields then file in such form.

Or is there any other problem in my code?

Yes, as for now. While using enctype="multipart/form-data" you can not directly get parameters by using request.getParameter(name);. While using it, form fields aren't available as parameter of the request, they are included in the stream, so you can not get it the normal way. You can find a way to do this in the docs of using commons-fileupload#Processing the uploaded items.