My final working JAVA and PHP code to upload a file from the Android’s SD card to my own Web Server.
The Java/Android Code:
private void doFileUpload() {
HttpURLConnection conn = null;
DataOutputStream dos = null;
DataInputStream inStream = null;
String existingFileName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/mypic.png";
String lineEnd = "\r\n";
String twoHyphens = "--";
String boundary = "*****";
int bytesRead, bytesAvailable, bufferSize;
byte[] buffer;
int maxBufferSize = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
String responseFromServer = "";
String urlString = "http://mywebsite.com/directory/upload.php";
try {
//------------------ CLIENT REQUEST
FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(existingFileName));
// open a URL connection to the Servlet
URL url = new URL(urlString);
// Open a HTTP connection to the URL
conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
// Allow Inputs
conn.setDoInput(true);
// Allow Outputs
conn.setDoOutput(true);
// Don't use a cached copy.
conn.setUseCaches(false);
// Use a post method.
conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive");
conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary=" + boundary);
dos = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());
dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"uploadedfile\";filename=\"" + existingFileName + "\"" + lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
// create a buffer of maximum size
bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
// read file and write it into form...
bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
while (bytesRead > 0) {
dos.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
}
// send multipart form data necesssary after file data...
dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd);
// close streams
Log.e("Debug", "File is written");
fileInputStream.close();
dos.flush();
dos.close();
} catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
Log.e("Debug", "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
Log.e("Debug", "error: " + ioe.getMessage(), ioe);
}
//------------------ read the SERVER RESPONSE
try {
inStream = new DataInputStream(conn.getInputStream());
String str;
while ((str = inStream.readLine()) != null) {
Log.e("Debug", "Server Response " + str);
}
inStream.close();
} catch (IOException ioex) {
Log.e("Debug", "error: " + ioex.getMessage(), ioex);
}
}
The associated PHP code to go on your server (upload.php):
<?php
// Where the file is going to be placed
$target_path = "uploads/";
/* Add the original filename to our target path.
Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']).
" has been uploaded";
chmod ("uploads/".basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']), 0644);
} else{
echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
echo "filename: " . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
echo "target_path: " .$target_path;
}
?>
Things to note.
1) I had “mypic.png” within the root directory of the SD card. As in, if you looked at the Android device through Mass Storage USB view you would put the file in the first directory you come across.
2) USB MASS STORAGE MUST BE TURNED OFF ON THE PHONE! Or just completely unplug it from the computer you are writing the code on to assure this is the case.
3) I had to create an “uploads” folder in the same directory as my php file.
4) You obviously must change the web address I have written as http://mywebsite.com/directory/upload.php to be your own website.