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Questions tagged [upload]

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How to parse multipart field/file data separately?

I want to parse a multipart form twice: once to grab the incoming fields, and later to process the file upload. I am trying to maintain a proper separation of concerns within my Node app: Controller is responsible for handling the incoming…
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How to store uploaded client documents securely in webapplication

A small company without any IT skills wants to run a web application where customers can enter various bits of data and upload pdfs. The documents regard product specifications and have to be kept secure. They have one external IT guy who wants to…
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Best practice for uploading large file, previewing, and editing before saving to database?

I am allowing users to upload a relatively large .csv file (about 1MB) - it will contain thousands of records that each represent one of my business objects. I want the users to upload the file and then be displayed paged results (after I serverside…
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Architecture for uploading large files from many end points to the cloud storage

I am working on a desktop app that offers uploading to the cloud storage. Storage providers have an easy way to upload files. You get accessKeyId and secretAccessKey and you are ready to upload. I am trying to come up with optimal way for upload…
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How to make sure the file is uploaded from my application

Imagine the following scenario: I wish to build a photo-sharing social network app similar to Instagram (iOS only for the sake of conversation), and I want to make sure that users are using only my app to upload the photo. If it's not uploaded from…
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FTP upload on AWS Elastic Beanstalk

We have our REST API running on AWS Elastic Beanstalk (NodeJS/Linux), there are some legacy devices that their only way to communicate with the world is uploading a file using FTP. These devices would upload a file to FTP(s)://ftp.example.com, the…
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How to handle file uploads express (UUID / location)

I am building a community website with a NodeJS express backend and a mysql database. Now I am up to the point where I want to store profile pictures of users and pictures related to specfic questions. I googled a bit and found many ways how to…
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Meteor allow users to extend application

I'm trying to make a meteor app which every user can extend. Meteor uses hot code swapping which I would like to use, so I'd probably need to save scripts on file system of the server. Have You got any ideas to store and execute user-made scripts in…
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Storing user uploaded images / files in multi server env

In a multi server system, e.g. a load balancer, multiple web servers and a database server, where do you store the files / images users upload when each web server will need access? Before now I've just used a single web server, or maybe one web…
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How to Implement Complex Form Data?

I'm supposed to implement a relatively complex form that looks like follows, but has at least four more pages requiring the user to fill in all necessary information for the tracks: This data will need to be sent to the server, which is implemented…
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Folder structure to store image/file uploads

I'm working on a system and we need to do some refactoring on the upload service, that handles all files and images uploads to the system. Nothing fancy, but I it got me thinking about the folder structure we are using, and how others do, if there…
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Algorithm for rate-limiting uploads with 3 files max

I want to limit file upload frequency to our webservice to prevent denial-of-service (directed at the server) - specifically, temporary folders filling up with fake uploads. This could be the user misbehaving, or, if this goes over http:, someone…
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Saving to file before storing into a database in a REST service

A mobile back-end I am building should receive a larger amount of data (some sensor recordings) from an Android phone. The phone does not have much use of it so it was most efficient to store the data into plain files (SQLite can get quite slow with…
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Uploading large files to web-server even if browser closed

I need to permit users to upload large files to my web-server even if the browser is closed. How can I implement this functionality. I have gone through the feasibility of google drive app but it dose't provide the details of on-going uploads.
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Upload file to S3 or save it locally?

I have a web application that allows users to upload files. My application does processing on these files (parsing, modifying metadata, etc). What approach should I follow? Should I save the files locally in the web server until they are processed…
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