Upload File to Quickbooks online with IDS V3 - file-upload

Question

I would like to upload a file to QuickBooks Online using IDS V3.
I followed the steps described here
https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0025_quickbooksapi/0050_data_services/020_key_concepts/attachments.
Here is my source code
URL url = new URL("https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/My_company_ID/upload");
HttpURLConnection request = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
request.setDoOutput(true);
request.setRequestMethod("POST");
HttpParameters para = new HttpParameters();
//String status = URLEncoder.encode("中 文","utf-8").replaceAll("\\+", "%20");
//para.put("status", status);
String boundary = "---------------------------37531613912423";
//String content = "--"+boundary+"\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"status\"\r\n\r\n";
String pic = "\r\n--"+boundary+"\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"pic\"; filename=\"postpic.gif\"\r\nContent-Type: image/gif\r\n\r\n";
byte[] end_data = ("\r\n--" + boundary + "--\r\n").getBytes();
File f = new File("/Users/cnanfack/Documents/oml_map1.gif");
FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(f);
byte[] file = new byte[(int)f.length()];
stream.read(file);
String lineEnd = "\r\n";
String header = "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file_metadata_0\""+lineEnd
+"Content-Type: application/xml; charset=UTF-8"+lineEnd
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit"+lineEnd;
String attachable = header+"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?><Attachable xmlns=\"http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3\" domain=\"QBO\" sparse=\"false\">"
+"<EntityRef type=\"Bill\">285</EntityRef>"
+"<Size>4099</Size>"
+"<ContentType>image/gif</ContentType>"
+"<FileName>postpic.gif</FileName>"
+"</Attachable>";
request.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary="+boundary);
//request.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", String.valueOf(boundary.getBytes().length+"test".getBytes().length+pic.getBytes().length+f.length()+end_data.length));
//consumer.setAdditionalParameters(para);
consumer.sign(request);
OutputStream ot = request.getOutputStream();
ot.write(end_data);
ot.write(attachable.getBytes());
ot.write(end_data);
//ot.write(status.getBytes());
ot.write(pic.getBytes());
ot.write("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\r\n\r\n".getBytes());
ot.write(file);
ot.write(end_data);
ot.flush();
ot.close();
System.err.println("Sending request...");
request.connect();
System.err.println("Response: " + request.getResponseCode() + " "
+ request.getResponseMessage());
BufferedReader reader =new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(request.getInputStream()));
String b = null;
while((b = reader.readLine())!=null){
System.err.println(b);
}
The returned result:
Response: 200 OK
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><IntuitResponse xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3" time="2013-11-10T20:24:27.823-08:00"/>
But I don't see the file on Quickbooks Online.
Maybe I miss something. Can someone help me?
Thank you in advance

Answer 1

I had tried this Upload endpoint call using Java Devkit. It is working fine. PFB details.
- Request URI : https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/688779980/upload? Http
- Method : POST Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file_metadata_2bddf"
- Content-Type: application/xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Attachable xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3">
<FileName>images.jpg</FileName>
<ContentType>image/jpeg</ContentType>
<Lat>25.293112341223</Lat>
<Long>-21.3253249834</Long>
<PlaceName>Fake Place</PlaceName>
<Note>Attachable note 900a49e1</Note>
<Tag>Attachable tag 900a49e1</Tag>
</Attachable>
Response XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<IntuitResponse xmlns="http://schema.intuit.com/finance/v3" time="2013-11-12T05:58:25.296-08:00">
<AttachableResponse>
<Attachable domain="QBO" sparse="false">
<Id>100000000000543524</Id>
<SyncToken>0</SyncToken>
<MetaData>
<CreateTime>2013-11-12T05:58:26-08:00</CreateTime>
<LastUpdatedTime>2013-11-12T05:58:26-08:00</LastUpdatedTime>
</MetaData>
<FileName>images.jpg</FileName>
<FileAccessUri>/v3/company/688779980/download/100000000000543524</FileAccessUri>
<TempDownloadUri>https://intuit-qbo-prod-19.s3.amazonaws.com/688779980%2Fattachments%2Fimages-1384264705362.jpg?Expires=1384265606&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJEXDXKNYCBUNCCCQ&Signature=ESZPzeO%2B5YWxw8VOWMVMBRnvIdw%3D</TempDownloadUri>
<Size>58616</Size>
<ContentType>image/jpeg</ContentType>
<Lat>25.293112341223</Lat>
<Long>-21.3253249834</Long>
<PlaceName>Fake Place</PlaceName>
<Note>Attachable note 8219e79a</Note>
<Tag>Attachable tag 8219e79a</Tag>
<ThumbnailFileAccessUri>/v3/company/688779980/attachable-thumbnail/100000000000543524</ThumbnailFileAccessUri>
</Attachable>
</AttachableResponse>
</IntuitResponse>
From the ThumnailFileAccessUri property I got the following attachment URI which I had used for Download endpoint.
/v3/company/688779980/attachable-thumbnail/100000000000543524
Download Endpoint(GET)-
https://quickbooks.api.intuit.com/v3/company/688779980/download/100000000000543521
JAVA/.Net SDK download link - https://developer.intuit.com/docs/0025_quickbooksapi/0055_devkits
Hope it will be useful.
EDIT- Adding Java code snippet
public static void executeUploadForImageFilePoc(DataService service) throws ParseException, FMSException, FileNotFoundException {
System.out.println("executeUploadForImageFile");
String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString().substring(0, 8);
Attachable attachable1 = new Attachable();
//attachable.setSize(new Long("34234"));
attachable1.setLat("25.293112341223");
attachable1.setLong("-21.3253249834");
attachable1.setPlaceName("Fake Place");
attachable1.setNote("Attachable note " + uuid);
attachable1.setTag("Attachable tag " + uuid);
Attachable attachable = attachable1;
attachable.setFileName("images.jpg");
attachable.setContentType("image/jpeg");
File file = new File("C:\\images_new.jpg");
InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
//Upload endpoint call
Attachable attachableOutput = service.upload(attachable, in);
//Check return XML
attachable.getFileAccessUri();
System.out.println(attachableOutput.getFileAccessUri());
System.out.println(attachableOutput.getFileName());
//Download endpoint call
InputStream output = service.download(attachableOutput);
try {
BufferedImage bImageFromConvert = ImageIO.read(output);
ImageIO.write(bImageFromConvert, "jpg", new File("C:\\images_new_manas.jpg"));
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new FMSException("Error while reading the upload file.", e);
}
}
Thanks

Answer 2

I have a working code in dotnet. See if it works for you:
DataService.DataService commonServiceQBO= new DataService.DataService(qboContextoAuth);
string imagePath = string.Concat(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "\\", "Services\\Resource\\image.jpg");
System.IO.FileInfo file = new System.IO.FileInfo(imagePath);
Attachable attachable = new Attachable();
attachable.AttachableRef = new AttachableRef[1];
attachable.AttachableRef[0].EntityRef = new ReferenceType();
attachable.AttachableRef[0].EntityRef.type = "Bill";
attachable.AttachableRef[0].EntityRef.Value = "12";
attachable.Lat = "25.293112341223";
attachable.Long = "-21.3253249834";
attachable.PlaceName = "Fake Place";
attachable.Note = "Attachable note123 ";
attachable.Tag = "Attachable tag123 ";
using (System.IO.FileStream fs = file.OpenRead())
{
attachable.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
attachable.FileName = file.Name;
Attachable attachableUploaded = commonServiceQBO.Upload(attachable, fs);
}
For download use:
byte[] responseByte = service.Download(attachableUploaded);