Spring Controller @RequestBody with file upload is it possible?

I couldn't find a way to use @RequestBody.

However, you can do something like this:

@RequestMapping(value = "/uploadStuff", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public MyViewDto doStuff(@RequestPart("json") @Valid MyDto dto,
                         @RequestPart("file") MultipartFile file) { ... }

You can test it like this:

MockMultipartFile jsonFile = new MockMultipartFile("json", "",
            "application/json", "{}".getBytes());
MockMultipartFile dataFile = new MockMultipartFile("file", "foo.zip", "application/octet-stream", bytes);

mockMvc.perform(fileUpload("/uploadStuff")
            .file(dataFile)
            .file(jsonFile))
            .andExpect(status().isOk());

Please add the following bean in your spring-servlet.xml to add the support for multipart request.

<bean id="multipartResolver"
    class="org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver" />

Also don't forget to add the dependency for commons-fileupload jar


You can actually simplify your life here since all you are doing is submitting a form that contains some fields and file. You don't need @RequestBody for what you are trying to do. You can use regular Spring MVC features, so your controller method would look like:

@ResponseBody
public WebResponse<Boolean> updateEUSettings(
     Locale locale, 
     @Valid EUPSettingsWrapper endUserPortalSettingsWrapper, 
     @RequestParam(value = "file1", required = true) MultipartFile logo
) {


}

The client that submits the request to this controller will need to have a form with enctype="multipart/form-data".

In your Spring MVC test you would write something like this:

getMockMvc().perform(fileUpload(uri).file("file1", "some-content".getBytes()) 
                        .param("someEuSettingsProperty", "someValue")
                        .param("someOtherEuSettingsProperty", "someOtherValue")
                        .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                        .contentType(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA))
                        .andExpect(status().isOk());