Ruby rest-client file upload as multipart form data with basic authenticaion

Question

I understand how to make an http request using basic authentication with Ruby\'s rest-client

response = RestClient::Request.new(:method => :get, :url => @b         


        

Answer 1

Here is an example with a file and some json data:

require 'rest-client'

payload = {
  :multipart => true,
  :file => File.new('/path/to/file', 'rb'),
  :data => {foo: {bar: true}}.to_json
      }

r = RestClient.post(url, payload, :authorization => token)