How to add pdf file to multipart request including other parameters

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Hi all,

I’m trying to perform a multipart post request in robotframework. I’ve managed to get it working for the first four parameters (all plain text) however I’m having difficulties attaching a PDF file as the final fifth parameter. Here is the code I’m using so far:

Create a session for indexing api
    Create Session    indexing_session    ${base_url}    verify=True

Execute indexing api for mortagenumber "${mortgagenumber}"
    [Arguments]    ${type}    ${description}    ${sendtime}    ${source}    ${filename}

    ${filedata}=    Get Binary File   ${CURDIR}/../testdata/${filename}
    
    ${token}=        Get new bearer token
    ${headers}=      Create Dictionary    Authorization=Bearer ${token}
    ${formdata}=     Evaluate    {'type': (None, '${type}', 'text/plain'), 'description': (None, '${description}', 'text/plain'),'sendTime': (None, '${sendtime}', 'text/plain'), 'source': (None, '${source}', 'text/plain'), 'files': ('${filename}', '${filedata}', 'application/pdf')}
    ${response}=     POST On Session   indexing_session    /indexing/${mortgagenumber}    headers=${headers}    files=${formdata}

    ${json}=    Set Variable  ${response.json()}
    Set Global Variable    ${json}

The error atm is in the ‘Evaluate’ which cannot handle the contents of the converted pdf to binary. But also using the Get File For Streaming Upload method is resulting in an error when trying to handle the path in the Post on Session.

As a reference a screenshot of SOAPUI where i’ve managed to create a working request including PDF.

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Many thanks in advance,

Peter

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I found a working solution in here: robotframework - Robot Framework “multipart/form-data” REST request with multiple parameters - Stack Overflow

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