Insomnia: [Question] Upload multiple Multipart files in one parameter

[jagan120]

• Insomnia Version: 6.6.2 (6.6.2.2932)
• Operating System: macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G87)

Details

I am trying to create a POST request with Multipart Form Body and uploading multiple files in the same key/value pair. Insomnia doesnt seem to allow me to select multiple files. I could successfully do it in another REST Client. Is this a limitation or am I doing it wrong?

Sample curl command :

curl -X POST \
 <url> \
 -H ‘cache-control: no-cache’ \
 -H ‘content-type: multipart/form-data; \
 -F =@<file1-location> \
 -F =@<file2-location> \
 -F =@<file3-location>

[gschier]

Your Curl command is sending three files with no name for each. You can do the same thing in Insomnia like this:

[cichondev]

Hello @gschier, how do I do this using GraphQL? Thanks!

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[Olimovv]

Your Curl command is sending three files with no name for each. You can do the same thing in Insomnia like this:

Is it possible to send this files in one variable?

[JuricT]

To upload files in one variable

[JuMp3]

Sorry if I allow myself @JuricT , but the correct way is:

Thanks

[weeix]

I think this might depend on the server-side technologies used. I'm using Express.js and multer to handle multipart/form-data requests. The only format that doesn't induce MulterError: Unexpected field is multiple entries with the same name without any brackets.

[heavenkiller2018]

@weeix your way is right when useing express.js and multer!

[nrjac]

@weeix It works perfectly with Spring also

Multipart[] or File Array can be called this way using the same attribute name in insomnia.