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-[[multipart]]
-== Multipart requests
-
-Multipart originates from MIME, an Internet standard that
-extends the format of emails.
-
-A multipart message is a list of parts. A part contains
-headers and a body. The body of the parts may be
-of any media type, and contain text or binary data.
-It is possible for parts to contain a multipart media
-type.
-
-In the context of HTTP, multipart is most often used
-with the `multipart/form-data` media type. It is what
-browsers use to upload files through HTML forms.
-
-The `multipart/byteranges` is also common. It is the
-media type used to send arbitrary bytes from a resource,
-enabling clients to resume downloads.
-
-=== Form-data
-
-In the normal case, when a form is submitted, the
-browser will use the `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
-content-type. This type is just a list of keys and
-values and is therefore not fit for uploading files.
-
-That's where the `multipart/form-data` content-type
-comes in. When the form is configured to use this
-content-type, the browser will create a multipart
-message where each part corresponds to a field on
-the form. For files, it also adds some metadata in
-the part headers, like the file name.
-
-A form with a text input, a file input and a select
-choice box will result in a multipart message with
-three parts, one for each field.
-
-The browser does its best to determine the media type
-of the files it sends this way, but you should not
-rely on it for determining the contents of the file.
-Proper investigation of the contents is recommended.
-
-=== Checking for multipart messages
-
-The content-type header indicates the presence of
-a multipart message:
-
-[source,erlang]
-----
-{<<"multipart">>, <<"form-data">>, _}
- = cowboy_req:parse_header(<<"content-type">>, Req).
-----
-
-=== Reading a multipart message
-
-Cowboy provides two sets of functions for reading
-request bodies as multipart messages.
-
-The `cowboy_req:read_part/1,2` functions return the
-next part's headers, if any.
-
-The `cowboy_req:read_part_body/1,2` functions return
-the current part's body. For large bodies you may
-need to call the function multiple times.
-
-To read a multipart message you need to iterate over
-all its parts:
-
-[source,erlang]
-----
-multipart(Req0) ->
- case cowboy_req:read_part(Req0) of
- {ok, _Headers, Req1} ->
- {ok, _Body, Req} = cowboy_req:read_part_body(Req1),
- multipart(Req);
- {done, Req} ->
- Req
- end.
-----
-
-When part bodies are too large, Cowboy will return
-a `more` tuple, and allow you to loop until the part
-body has been fully read.
-
-The function `cow_multipart:form_data/1` can be used
-to quickly obtain information about a part from a
-`multipart/form-data` message. The function returns
-a `data` or a `file` tuple depending on whether this
-is a normal field or a file being uploaded.
-
-The following snippet will use this function and
-use different strategies depending on whether the
-part is a file:
-
-[source,erlang]
-----
-multipart(Req0) ->
- case cowboy_req:read_part(Req0) of
- {ok, Headers, Req1} ->
- Req = case cow_multipart:form_data(Headers) of
- {data, _FieldName} ->
- {ok, _Body, Req2} = cowboy_req:read_part_body(Req1),
- Req2;
- {file, _FieldName, _Filename, _CType} ->
- stream_file(Req1)
- end,
- multipart(Req);
- {done, Req} ->
- Req
- end.
-
-stream_file(Req0) ->
- case cowboy_req:read_part_body(Req0) of
- {ok, _LastBodyChunk, Req} ->
- Req;
- {more, _BodyChunk, Req} ->
- stream_file(Req)
- end.
-----
-
-Both the part header and body reading functions can take
-options that will be given to the request body reading
-functions. By default, `cowboy_req:read_part/1` reads
-up to 64KB for up to 5 seconds. `cowboy_req:read_part_body/1`
-has the same defaults as `cowboy_req:read_body/1`.
-
-To change the defaults for part headers:
-
-[source,erlang]
-cowboy_req:read_part(Req, #{length => 128000}).
-
-And for part bodies:
-
-[source,erlang]
-cowboy_req:read_part_body(Req, #{length => 1000000, period => 7000}).
-
-=== Skipping unwanted parts
-
-Part bodies do not have to be read. Cowboy will automatically
-skip it when you request the next part's body.
-
-The following snippet reads all part headers and skips
-all bodies:
-
-[source,erlang]
-----
-multipart(Req0) ->
- case cowboy_req:read_part(Req0) of
- {ok, _Headers, Req} ->
- multipart(Req);
- {done, Req} ->
- Req
- end.
-----
-
-Similarly, if you start reading the body and it ends up
-being too big, you can simply continue with the next part.
-Cowboy will automatically skip what remains.
-
-While Cowboy can skip part bodies automatically, the read
-rate is not configurable. Depending on your application
-you may want to skip manually, in particular if you observe
-poor performance while skipping.
-
-You do not have to read all parts either. You can stop
-reading as soon as you find the data you need.
-
-// @todo Cover the building of multipart messages.