NAME HTTP::Upload::FlowJs - handle resumable multi-part HTTP uploads with flowjs SYNOPSIS This synopsis assumes a Plack/PSGI-like environment. There are plugins for Dancer and Mojolicious planned. use HTTP::Upload::FlowJs; my @parameter_names = ( 'file', # The name of the file 'flowChunkNumber', # The index of the chunk in the current upload. # First chunk is 1 (no base-0 counting here). 'flowTotalChunks', # The total number of chunks. 'flowChunkSize', # The general chunk size. Using this value and # flowTotalSize you can calculate the total number of # chunks. Please note that the size of the data received in # the HTTP might be lower than flowChunkSize of this for # the last chunk for a file. 'flowTotalSize', # The total file size. 'flowIdentifier', # A unique identifier for the file contained in the request. 'flowFilename', # The original file name (since a bug in Firefox results in # the file name not being transmitted in chunk # multipart posts). 'flowRelativePath', # The file's relative path when selecting a directory # (defaults to file name in all browsers except Chrome). ); # In your POST handler for /upload: sub POST_upload { my $params = params(); my %info; @info{ @parameter_names } = @{$params}{@parameter_names}; $info{ localChunkSize } = -s $params{ file }; # or however you get the size of the uploaded chunk my $uploads = '/tmp/flowjs_uploads/'; my $flowjs = HTTP::Upload::FlowJs->new( incomingDirectory => $uploads, allowedContentType => sub { $_[0] =~ m!^image/! }, ); # you might want to set this so users don't clobber each others upload my $session_id = ''; my @invalid = $flowjs->validateRequest( 'POST', \%info, $session_id ); if( @invalid ) { warn 'Invalid flow.js upload request:'; warn $_ for @invalid; return [500,[],["Invalid request"]]; return; }; if( $flowjs->disallowedContentType( \%info, $session_id )) { # We can determine the content type, and it's not an image return [415,[],["File type disallowed"]]; }; my $chunkname = $flowjs->chunkName( \%info, undef ); # Save or copy the uploaded file upload('file')->copy_to($chunkname); # Now check if we have received all chunks of the file if( $flowjs->uploadComplete( \%info, undef )) { # Combine all chunks to final name my $digest = Digest::SHA256->new(); my( $content_type, $ext ) = $flowjs->sniffContentType(); my $final_name = "file1.$ext"; open( my $fh, '>', $final_name ) or die $!; binmode $fh; my( $ok, @unlink_chunks ) = $flowjs->combineChunks( \%info, undef, $fh, $digest ); unlink @unlink_chunks; # Notify backend that a file arrived print sprintf "File '%s' upload complete\n", $final_name; }; # Signal OK return [200,[],[]] }; # This checks whether a file has been received completely or # needs to be uploaded again sub GET_upload { my $params = params(); my %info; @info{ @parameter_names} = @{$params}{@parameter_names}; my $flowjs = HTTP::Upload::FlowJs->new( incomingDirectory => $uploads, allowedContentType => sub { $_[0] =~ m!^image/! }, ); my @invalid = $flowjs->validateRequest( 'GET', \%info, session->{connid} ); if( @invalid ) { warn 'Invalid flow.js upload request:'; warn $_ for @invalid; return [500, [], [] ]; } elsif( $flowjs->disallowedContentType( \%info, $session_id)) { # We can determine the content type, and it's not an image return [415,[],["File type disallowed"]]; } else { my( $status, @messages ) = $flowjs->chunkOK( $uploads, \%info, $session_id ); if( $status != 500 ) { # 200 or 416 return [$status, [], [] ]; } else { warn $_ for @messages; return [$status, [], [] ]; }; }; }; OVERVIEW flow.js is a client-side Javascript upload library that uploads a file in multiple parts. It requires two API points on the server side, one GET API point to check whether a part already has been uploaded completely and one POST API point to send the data of each partial upload to. This Perl module implements the backend functionality for both endpoints. It does not implement the handling of the HTTP requests themselves, but you likely already use a framework like Mojolicious or Dancer for that. METHODS HTTP::Upload::FlowJs->new my $flowjs = HTTP::Upload::FlowJs->new( maxChunkCount => 1000, maxFileSize => 10_000_000, maxChunkSize => 1024*1024, simultaneousUploads => 3, allowedContentType => sub { my($type) = @_; $type =~ m!^image/!; # we only allow for cat images }, ); maxChunkCount - hard maximum chunks allowed for a single upload maxFileSize - hard maximum total file size for a single upload maxChunkSize - hard maximum chunk size for a single chunk minChunkSize - hard minimum chunk size for a single chunk Default 1024 The minimum chunk size is required since the file type detection works on the first chunk. If the first chunk is too small, its file type cannot be checked. simultaneousUploads - simultaneously allowed uploads per file This is just an indication to the Javascript flow.js client if you pass it the configuration from this object. This is not enforced in any way yet. allowedContentType - subroutine to check the MIME type The default is to allow any kind of file If you need more advanced checking, do so after you've determined a file upload as complete with $flowjs->uploadComplete. More interesting limits would be hard maxima for the number of pending uploads or the number of outstanding chunks per user/session. Checking these would entail a call to glob for each check and thus would be fairly disk-intensive on some systems. $flowjs->jsConfig my $config = $flowjs->jsConfig( target => '/upload', ); Create a JSON string that encapsulates the configuration of the Perl object for inclusion with the JS side of the world $flowjs->validateRequest my $session_id = ''; my @invalid = $flowjs->validateRequest( 'POST', \%info, $session_id ); if( @invalid ) { warning 'Invalid flow.js upload request:'; warning $_ for @invalid; status 500; return; }; Does formal validation of the request HTTP parameters. It does not check previously stored information. $flowJs->expectedChunkSize my $expectedSize = $flowJs->expectedChunkSize( $info, $chunkIndex ); Returns the file size we expect for the chunk $chunkIndex. The index starts at 1, if it is not passed in or zero, we assume it is for the current chunk as indicated by $info. $flowjs->resetUploadDirectories if( $firstrun or $wipe ) { $flowJs->resetUploadDirectories( $wipe ) }; Creates the directory for incoming uploads. If $wipe is passed, it will remove all partial files from the directory. $flowjs->chunkName my $target = $flowjs->chunkName( $info, $sessionid ); Returns the local filename of the chunk described by $info and the $sessionid if given. An optional index can be passed in as the third parameter to get the filename of another chunk than the current chunk. my $target = $flowjs->chunkName( $info, $sessionid, 1 ); # First chunk $flowjs->chunkOK my( $status, @messages ) = $flowjs->chunkOK( $info, $sessionPrefix ); if( $status == 500 ) { warn $_ for @messages; return [ 500, [], [] ] } elsif( $status == 200 ) { # That chunk exists and has the right size return [ 200, [], [] ] } else { # That chunk does not exist and should be uploaded return [ 416, [],[] ] } $flowjs->uploadComplete( $info, $sessionPrefix=undef ) if( $flowjs->uploadComplete($info, $sessionPrefix) ) { # do something with the chunks } $flowjs->chunkFh my $fh = $flowjs->chunkFh( $info, $sessionid, $index ); Returns an opened filehandle to the chunk described by $info. The session and the index are optional. $flowjs->chunkContent my $content = $flowjs->chunkContent( $info, $sessionid, $index ); Returns the content of a chunk described by $info. The session and the index are optional. $flowjs->disallowedContentType( $info, $session ) if( $flowjs->disallowedContentType( $info, $session )) { return 415, "This type of file is not allowed"; }; Checks that the subroutine validator passed in the constructor allows this MIME type. Unrecognized files will be blocked. $flowjs->sniffContentType( $info, $session ) my( $content_type, $image_ext ) = $flowjs->sniffContentType( $info, $session ); if( !defined $content_type ) { # we need more chunks uploaded to check the content type } elsif( $content_type eq '' ) { # We couldn't determine what the content type is?! return 415, "This type of upload is not allowed"; } elsif( $content_type !~ m!^image/(jpeg|png|gif)$!i ) { return 415, "This type of upload is not allowed"; } else { # We allow this upload to continue, as it seems to have # an appropriate content type }; This allows for finer-grained checking of the MIME-type. See also the allowedContentType argument in the constructor and ->disallowedContentType for a more convenient way to quickly check the upload type. $flowjs->combineChunks $info, $sessionPrefix, $target_fh, $digest ) if( not $flowjs->uploadComplete($info, $sessionPrefix) ) { print "Upload not yet completed\n"; return; }; open my $file, '>', 'user_upload.jpg' or die "Couldn't create final file 'user_upload.jpg': $!"; binmode $file; my $digest = Digest::SHA256->new(); my($ok,@unlink) = $flowjs->combineChunks( $info, undef, $file, $digest ); close $file; if( $ok ) { print "Received upload OK, removing temporary upload files\n"; unlink @unlink; print "Checksum: " . $digest->md5hex; } else { # whoops print "Received upload failed, removing target file\n"; unlink 'user_upload.jpg'; }; $flowjs->pendingUploads my $uploading = $flowjs->pendingUploads(); In scalar context, returns the number of pending uploads. In list context, returns the list of filenames that belong to the pending uploads. This list can be larger than the number of pending uploads, as one upload can have more than one chunk. $flowjs->staleUploads( $timeout, $now ) my @stale_files = $flowjs->staleUploads(3600); In scalar context, returns the number of stale uploads. In list context, returns the list of filenames that belong to the stale uploads. An upload is considered stale if no part of it has been written to since $timeout seconds ago. The optional $timeout parameter is the minimum age of an incomplete upload before it is considered stale. The optional $now parameter is the point of reference for $timeout. It defaults to time. $flowjs->purgeStaleOrInvalid( $timeout, $now ) my @errors = $flowjs->purgeStaleOrInvalid(); Routine to delete all stale uploads and uploads with an invalid file type. This is mostly a helper routine to run from a cron job. Note that if you allow uploads of multiple flowJs instances into the same directory, they need to all have the same allowed file types or this method will delete files from another instance. REPOSITORY The public repository of this module is https://github.com/Corion/HTTP-Upload-FlowJs. SUPPORT The public support forum of this module is http://perlmonks.org/. BUG TRACKER Please report bugs in this module via the RT CPAN bug queue at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=HTTP-Upload-FlowJs or via mail to bug-http-upload-flowjs@rt.cpan.org. AUTHOR Max Maischein corion@cpan.org COPYRIGHT (c) Copyright 2009-2017 by Max Maischein corion@cpan.org. LICENSE This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself.