Protocol Multipart Entity Snippet

ProtocolMultipartEntitySnippet.java

// Creates the boundary for the multipart, the content type with the boundary, and the entity
String boundary = "---------------------------14737809831466499882746641449";
String contentType = "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary;
HttpEntity entity = new ProtocolMultipartEntity(boundary, new File("/some/path"));

// Creates the post request
HttpPost httpPostFileRequest = new HttpPost(route);
httpPostFileRequest.addHeader("Content-Type", contentType);
httpPostFileRequest.setEntity(entity);

// Does the work
AbstractHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpUriRequest);