From: "Jesús Gabriel y Galán" <jgabrielygalan@...>
Date: 2011-07-20T20:41:42+09:00
Subject: Re: File copy from Client to Server via web-services

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Rails Crazy Idiot
<mail2sanand@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use Apache Thrift for creating an API offering many
> functionalities which include file uploads as well. Nothing to bother
> about, it is another full-stack language independent client/server
> webserice like SOAP.
>
> It supports, int, string, bool and some other basic stuff. There is no
> File datatype in the Thrift service, which I can use to send the files
> attaching them directly. The max I should be using for file uploads is
> the string datatype.
>
> I have received some advice from some Thrift guys saying that we can
> definitely upload some files through the thrift web services. I have to
> convert the file into binary strings, assign that converted string to a
> string variable and then send it via thrift to the server.
>
> In this process, I am able to convert the file into a string by the
> File.read('<file_path>','rb'){|f| f.read}  OR
> IO.read('<file_path>')
> command.
>
> I am able to send them across the Thrift service, but I have to convert
> it on the server side to the actual file.
>
> When I am doing the writing with the help of File.new
>
> File.new('<new_file_path>','w'){|f| f << transferred_file_content}
>
> , I am actually not getting the complete file. The size of the file is
> almost equal to the actual file(infact a little more), but the file is
> not complete. This is working for simple txt files, but if I want to use
> this for .doc and PDF files, this is not working. I think there is
> something I am missing.

Try writing it as binary:

File.new('<new_file_path>','wb'){|f| f << transferred_file_content}

(note the 'wb' flag passed to File.new)

Jesus.