nodejs-multipartapi-example

This node js project shows how we can make multipart formdata rest api call to remote server using axios

First API Call - Get json from remote api

Make a HTTP GET to SERVER URL to get a JSON like the below.

{
    "id": "7276f591-48c4-ab72-d71a-a32dadca5f53",
    "nums": [
        8051,
        4778,
        4502,
        2949,
        1234
    ]
}

Second API Call - Submitting Your Application With attaching some files

Make a HTTP POST to SERVER URL to submit request with some files.

The POST request is of type multipart/form-data and contains following parts:

Multipart Request - First Part

calculated sum and answer parameters in this request we are getting from first API call. The name of this part is application and it is of application/json content type. for example check...

{
    "applicant": {
        "firstName": "$firstName",
        "lastName": "$lastName"
    },
    "role": "$role",
    "answer": {
        "questionId": "$questionId",
        "sum": $answer
    }
}

Multipart Request - Second Part

The name of this part is file and its content is a pdf file you plan to upload. The content type is appliation/octet-stream.

Multipart Request - Third Part

The name of this part is source and its content is a .zip archive. The content type is appliation/octet-stream.