How to upload image using Ajax request?

How can I make an iOS ASIHTTPRequest work with a Python SimpleHTTPServer?

• I am working on a project (that i will not be releasing to the app store - just for fun) that will upload an image via an HTTP Post request from my iPhone to a server that I have running the Python script SimpleHTTPServer(http://ubuntuguide.net/http-server-support-uploading-files-from-windows-in-ubuntu). I have successfully used the ASIHTTP APIs in the past for text strings, but can't for the life of me figure out how to upload an image. This is what I am currently using: -(void)processRequest {     ASIFormDataRequest *request = [ASIFormDataRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"mySimpleHTTPServer"]];     [request setFile:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Image.png"] withFileName:@"Image.png" andContentType:@"image/png" forKey:@"file"];     [request startSynchronous];     NSLog(@"%@",[request responseString]);     NSUserDefaults *profiles = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];     [profiles setObject:[request responseString] forKey:@"response"];     [profiles synchronize];     [self performSelector:@selector(endRequest) withObject:nil afterDelay:0]; } Really, the only part that I am assuming I am wrong about is the : [request setFile:[UIImage imageNamed:@"Image.png"] withFileName:@"Image.png" andContentType:@"image/png" forKey:@"file"]; Any thoughts on where i could be going wrong?

• Answer:

  Try something like this: NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"image" ofType:@"png"];  NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path];  [request setData:data withFileName:@"image.png" andContentType:@"image/png" forKey:@"file"]; //I haven't tried this code -- I just whipped it up so YMMV Edit: And it's probably a good idea to check for the existence of the file you try to read from disk as well. Also something like: [request setFile:path forKey:@"file"]; would likely be better since it looks like ASI would read it from disk as needed instead of just shoving it into memory all at once.