I have been trying to add uploaded files through the API using PowerShell. The call appears to work correctly when I use it to upload an image file, but if I try the same call with a synchronous=1 parameter added, it returns with a 500 error. Based on a previous topic, I had hoped to use the synchronous feature to get the file url.

Can you share your PowerShell code? Or at least the HTTP request you’re making to upload a file?

The code looks like this: $contentType=$r.BaseResponse.ContentType $content=Get-Content $fileOut $boundary=[system.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString() $clientID=[system.Guid]::NewGuid().ToString() $body=( "--$boundary", 'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="type"', '', "image", "--$boundary", "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""files[]"" filename=$imageName", "Content-Type: ""$contentType""", '', "$content", "--$boundary--" ) -join "`r`n" $tempURL=$urlTo+"uploads.json"+$loginTo+"&client_id=$clientID&synchronous=1" $resp=Invoke-WebRequest $tempURL -Method Post -ContentType "multipart/form-data; boundary=$boundary" -Body $body -Verbose $urlTo is the url for the site, $loginTo is the APIkey and username. The $r at the top is the response from downloading the image from another site to a file called $fileOut

Code looks correct. What does your.discourse/logs show when you get the 500?

/var/www/discourse/app/controllers/uploads_controller.rb:68:in `create_upload' /var/www/discourse/app/controllers/uploads_controller.rb:23:in `block in create' /var/www/discourse/lib/scheduler/defer.rb:68:in `call' /var/www/discourse/lib/scheduler/defer.rb:68:in `do_work' /var/www/discourse/lib/scheduler/defer.rb:46:in `do_all_work' /var/www/discourse/lib/scheduler/defer.rb:86:in `process_client' /var/www/discourse/lib/middleware/unicorn_oobgc.rb:95:in `process_client' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/unicorn-5.0.1/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:658:in `worker_loop' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/unicorn-5.0.1/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:508:in `spawn_missing_workers' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/unicorn-5.0.1/lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:132:in `start' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/unicorn-5.0.1/bin/unicorn:126:in ` ' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/bin/unicorn:23:in `load' /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/bin/unicorn:23:in ` ' error from powershell: [VERBOSE] POST http://website/uploads.json?api_key=efa2a73865db03e8d9f56f71f63758f4619f4edc758bc76791935f74d7095533&api_username=Peter&client_id=49124637-bef0-42e1-b5a3-65d477f56afa&synchronous=1 with 7709-byte payload [ERROR] Invoke-WebRequest : The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error. [ERROR] At C:\Build\DDM\FCRMPS\Discourse.ps1:224 char:15 [ERROR] + $resp=Invoke-WebRequest $tempURL -Method Post -ContentType "multipart/fo ... [ERROR] + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ERROR] + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException [ERROR] + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand [ERROR]

Cannot upload a file through the API with the synchronous parameter

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adam_beers (Adam Beers) January 6, 2017, 7:33am 6

Were you able to figure this out? I’m having the same issue.

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Cannot upload a file through the API with the synchronous parameter

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