poster

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

Install

 $ npm install poster

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

Options

• 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

Stream local file

varposter=require('poster');varoptions={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);}});

Stream remote file

varposter=require('poster');varoptions={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

varposter=require('poster');vartunnel=require('tunnel');//only works with 0.6.11+varproxyAgent=newtunnel.httpOverHttp({proxy: {host: 'myproxy.com',port: 80}});varoptions={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);}});