poster

Async node module for uploading local/remote files over multipart.

Install

  $ npm install poster

post(uri, options, callback[err, data])

$3

- uploadUrl: Upload URL. (required)
- method: HTTP method type. Defaults to POST.
- fileId: File ID parameter name of the file. Defaults to Filedata.
- fields: Optional form parameters.
- maxFileSize: Maximum file size allowed to be uploaded in bytes. Disabled by default.
- fileContentType: Content type of the file being uploaded. Defaults to 'application/octet-stream'.
- downloadFileName: If supplied, this will override the parsed file name from the url.
- maxRedirects: Total # of redirects allowed before giving up downloading the file. Defaults to 5.
- downloadHeaders: If supplied, these headers will be sent when downloading the file.
- uploadHeaders: If supplied, these headers will be sent when uploading the file.
- headers: If supplied, these headers will be sent for both downloading and uploading.
- downloadAgent: Use your own http.Agent for downloading files. Defaults to the global agent.
- uploadAgent: Use your own http.Agent for uploading files. Defaults to the global agent.
- agent: If supplied, this value will use the same agent for both the downloadAgent and uploadAgent.

Examples

$3

`` js
var poster = require('poster');

var options = {
uploadUrl: 'http://mysite.com/upload',
method: 'POST',
fileId: 'file',
fileContentType: 'image/jpeg'
fields: {
'myfield': 'value',
'myfield2': 'value2'
}
};

poster.post('file.jpg', options, function(err, data) {
if (!err) {
console.log(data);
}
});
`

$3


` js
var poster = require('poster');

var options = {
uploadUrl: 'http://mysite.com/upload',
method: 'POST',
fileId: 'file',
fields: {
'myfield': 'value',
'myfield2': 'value2'
}
};

poster.post('https://www.google.com/logos/2012/addams11-hp.jpg', options, function(err, data) {
if (!err) {
console.log(data);
}
});
`

BYOA (Bring Your Own Agent)

  $ npm install tunnel

` js
var poster = require('poster');
var tunnel = require('tunnel'); //only works with 0.6.11+
var proxyAgent = new tunnel.httpOverHttp({
proxy: {
host: 'myproxy.com',
port: 80
}
});

var options = {
uploadUrl: 'http://mysite.com/upload',
method: 'POST',
fileId: 'file',
fields: {
'myfield': 'value',
'myfield2': 'value2'
},
downloadAgent: proxyAgent
};

poster.post('https://www.google.com/logos/2012/addams11-hp.jpg', options, function(err, data) {
if (!err) {
console.log(data);
}
});
``