# Posting PDF-files multipart/form-data solution

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/posting-pdf-files-multipart-form-data-solution/58914>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** http-request\
**Created:** [24 February 2022 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/posting-pdf-files-multipart-form-data-solution/58914 "2022-02-24T09:35:25Z")\
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> [@VincentSC](#):
>
> Lots of NodeRed is quite messy and buggy, so it's difficult to find good answers.

The help sidebar for the HTTP Request node tells you how to do a file upload.

> File Upload
> 
> To perform a file upload, `msg.headers["content-type"]` should be set to `multipart/form-data` and the `msg.payload` passed to the node must be an object with the following structure:
> 
> ```auto
> {
> "KEY": {
> "value": FILE_CONTENTS,
> "options": {
> "filename": "FILENAME"
> }
> }
> }
> 
> ```
> 
> The values of `KEY` , `FILE_CONTENTS` and `FILENAME` should be set to the appropriate values.

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