Plug v1.2.0 Plug.Upload

A server (a GenServer specifically) that manages uploaded files.

Uploaded files are stored in a temporary directory and removed from that directory after the process that requested the file dies.

During the request, files are represented with a Plug.Upload struct that contains three fields:

:path - the path to the uploaded file on the filesystem
:content_type - the content type of the uploaded file
:filename - the filename of the uploaded file given in the request

Note: as mentioned in the documentation for Plug.Parsers, the :plug application has to be started in order to upload files and use the Plug.Upload module.

Summary

Types

t()

Functions

random_file(prefix)

Requests a random file to be created in the upload directory with the given prefix

random_file!(prefix)

Requests a random file to be created in the upload directory with the given prefix. Raises on failure

start_link()

Starts the upload handling server

Types

t :: %Plug.Upload{content_type: binary | nil, filename: binary, path: Path.t}

Functions

random_file(prefix)

Specs

random_file(binary) ::
  {:ok, binary} |
  {:too_many_attempts, binary, pos_integer} |
  {:no_tmp, [binary]}

Requests a random file to be created in the upload directory with the given prefix.

random_file!(prefix)

Specs

random_file!(binary) :: binary | no_return

Requests a random file to be created in the upload directory with the given prefix. Raises on failure.

start_link()

Starts the upload handling server.