Streaming File Upload with Erlang and Mochiweb Multipart Post +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ :Posted: 2007-12-31 19:13 :Tags: Web, Erlang Here's one way to set up a simple Mochiweb server to handle a file upload using Erlang. On Debian you'll need to install the following:: sudo apt-get install build-essential libncurses-dev libssl-dev m4 subversion (I've also got autoconf, automake and libgd-dev so you might need those too). First install the latest version of Erlang:: wget http://erlang.org/download/otp_src_R12B-0.tar.gz tar zxfv otp_src_R12B-0.tar.gz cd otp_src_R12B-0 I already have Erlang installed as part of the Debian distribution so I install this version to my home directory so it doesn't conflict:: ./configure --prefix=/home/james You'll get an error similar to this but we won't be using these features so we can egnore the warning:: ********************************************************************* ********************** APPLICATIONS DISABLED ********************** ********************************************************************* jinterface : No Java compiler found odbc : No odbc library found percept : libgd not working ********************************************************************* Now make and install Erlang:: make make install This takes about 3 minutes to complete on a fairly modern dual core server. You'll probably want the html and man pages too:: cd /home/james/lib/erlang wget http://erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_R12B-0.tar.gz wget http://erlang.org/download/otp_doc_html_R12B-0.tar.gz gunzip -c otp_doc_man_R12B-0.tar.gz | tar xf - gunzip -c otp_doc_html_R12B-0.tar.gz | tar xf - rm otp_doc_man_R12B-0.tar.gz otp_doc_html_R12B-0.tar.gz Now that Erlang is set up get the latest trunk of Mochiweb:: svn checkout http://mochiweb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ mochiweb You'll need to compile it:: export PATH=/home/james/bin:/home/james/lib:$PATH cd mochiweb make Now setup a project called ``file_upload`` like this:: cd scripts chmod a+x new_mochiweb.erl ./new_mochiweb.erl file_upload /home/james/ Compile it and run it:: make ./start-dev.sh The server will be accessible on port 8080. You can stop it by pressing ``Ctrl+c`` and then typing the letter ``a`` followed by return. Try visiting http://yourserver.com:8000/index.html and you should see the message ``MochiWeb running.``. You now need to modify the ``src/file_upload_web.erl`` file for our file upload application. Underneath the ``-export()`` line near the top add this:: -record(state, {filename, file}). callback(Next, State) -> case Next of {headers, Headers} -> % Find out if it is a file [ContentDisposition|_] = Headers, NewState = case ContentDisposition of {"content-disposition", {"form-data",[{"name",_}, {"filename",Filename}]}} -> #state{filename="/tmp/"++Filename}; _ -> State end, fun(N) -> callback(N, NewState) end; {body, Data} -> if State#state.filename =/= undefined -> if State#state.file =/= undefined -> file:write(State#state.file, Data), NewState = State; true -> case file:open(State#state.filename, [raw,write]) of {ok, File} -> file:write(File, Data), NewState = State#state{file=File}; {error, Error} -> io:format( "Couldn't open ~p for writing, error: ~p~n", [State#state.filename, Error]), NewState=State, exit(could_not_open_file_for_writing) end end; true -> NewState = State end, fun(N) -> callback(N, NewState) end; body_end -> if State#state.file =/= undefined -> file:close(State#state.file); true -> ok end, fun(N) -> callback(N, #state{}) end; _ -> fun(N) -> callback(N, State) end end. Then replace the ``loop`` function with this:: loop(Req, _) -> case Req:get(method) of Method when Method =:= 'GET'; Method =:= 'HEAD' -> Req:ok({"text/html", [], <<"
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">>}); _ -> Req:respond({501, [], []}) end. You'll need to build the new code by running ``make`` again in the ``file_upload`` directory. The server should automatically restart with the message ``Reloading file_upload_web ... ok.`` - if it doesn't you'll need to manually stop and start the server. If you run the application again you should now have a simple file upload application which saves files to ``/tmp``. Comments ======== Segtext.Com » Multipart Post with Erlang and Mochiweb -------------------------------------------------------------- :Posted: 2008-01-01 08:37 [...] wrote an interesting post today on Multipart Post with Erlang and MochiwebHere’s a quick [...] :URL: http://www.segtext.com/?p=5473 Data save » Streaming File Upload with Erlang and Mochiweb Multipart Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Posted: 2008-01-06 18:52 [...] post by James Gardner and software by Elliott Back This entry is filed under Data save. You can follow any responses to [...] :URL: http://datasave.co.cc/streaming-file-upload-with-erlang-and-mochiweb-multipart-post/