Here is how you could do it with Java 11's java.net.http package:
var fileA = new File("a.pdf");
var fileB = new File("b.pdf");
var mimeMultipartData = MimeMultipartData.newBuilder()
.withCharset(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
.addFile("file1", fileA.toPath(), Files.probeContentType(fileA.toPath()))
.addFile("file2", fileB.toPath(), Files.probeContentType(fileB.toPath()))
.build();
var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.header("Content-Type", mimeMultipartData.getContentType())
.POST(mimeMultipartData.getBodyPublisher())
.uri(URI.create("http://somehost/upload"))
.build();
var httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder().build();
var response = httpClient.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());
With the following MimeMultipartData:
public class MimeMultipartData {
public static class Builder {
private String boundary;
private Charset charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
private List<MimedFile> files = new ArrayList<MimedFile>();
private Map<String, String> texts = new LinkedHashMap<>();
private Builder() {
this.boundary = new BigInteger(128, new Random()).toString();
}
public Builder withCharset(Charset charset) {
this.charset = charset;
return this;
}
public Builder withBoundary(String boundary) {
this.boundary = boundary;
return this;
}
public Builder addFile(String name, Path path, String mimeType) {
this.files.add(new MimedFile(name, path, mimeType));
return this;
}
public Builder addText(String name, String text) {
texts.put(name, text);
return this;
}
public MimeMultipartData build() throws IOException {
MimeMultipartData mimeMultipartData = new MimeMultipartData();
mimeMultipartData.boundary = boundary;
var newline = "\r\n".getBytes(charset);
var byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
for (var f : files) {
byteArrayOutputStream.write(("--" + boundary).getBytes(charset));
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
byteArrayOutputStream.write(("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" + f.name + "\"; filename=\"" + f.path.getFileName() + "\"").getBytes(charset));
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
byteArrayOutputStream.write(("Content-Type: " + f.mimeType).getBytes(charset));
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
byteArrayOutputStream.write(Files.readAllBytes(f.path));
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
}
for (var entry: texts.entrySet()) {
byteArrayOutputStream.write(("--" + boundary).getBytes(charset));
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
byteArrayOutputStream.write(("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"" + entry.getKey() + "\"").getBytes(charset));
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
byteArrayOutputStream.write(entry.getValue().getBytes(charset));
byteArrayOutputStream.write(newline);
}
byteArrayOutputStream.write(("--" + boundary + "--").getBytes(charset));
mimeMultipartData.bodyPublisher = BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray());
return mimeMultipartData;
}
public class MimedFile {
public final String name;
public final Path path;
public final String mimeType;
public MimedFile(String name, Path path, String mimeType) {
this.name = name;
this.path = path;
this.mimeType = mimeType;
}
}
}
private String boundary;
private BodyPublisher bodyPublisher;
private MimeMultipartData() {
}
public static Builder newBuilder() {
return new Builder();
}
public BodyPublisher getBodyPublisher() throws IOException {
return bodyPublisher;
}
public String getContentType() {
return "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary;
}
}