Get a file(PDF) from base64 string to multipart.File

[Moo (Marc)]

How I get a file out a base64string to a multipartfile for a new request?

[lutzhorn]

If you want to build a multipart form part that contains the bytes of a PDF encoded using Base64, try something like this.

package main

import (
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"mime/multipart"
	"net/textproto"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	// A minimal PDF, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/17280876.
	pdf := []byte(`%PDF-1.0
1 0 obj<</Type/Catalog/Pages 2 0 R>>endobj 2 0 obj<</Type/Pages/Kids[3 0 R]/Count 1>>endobj 3 0 obj<</Type/Page/MediaBox[0 0 3 3]>>endobj
xref
0 4
0000000000 65535 f
0000000010 00000 n
0000000053 00000 n
0000000102 00000 n
trailer<</Size 4/Root 1 0 R>>
startxref
149
%EOF`)

	// Encode it using Base64.
	enc := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(pdf)

	// An io.Writer to collect the created multipart form in.
	w := strings.Builder{}

	// A multipart.Writer wrapping the io.Writer.
	mw := multipart.NewWriter(&w)

	// Crea a form field for the PDF.
	h := make(textproto.MIMEHeader)
	h.Add("Content-Disposition", `form-data; name="pdf"; filename="minimal.pdf"`)
	h.Add("Content-Type", "application/pdf")
	fw, err := mw.CreatePart(h)
	if err != nil {
		log.Panic("failed to create form field")
	}

	// Write the Base64 bytes to the form field.
	fw.Write([]byte(enc))

	// Show the result.
	fmt.Println(w.String())
}

Output:

--971201acb7febe720f35118b6abf6bdb78754b23b92f42cba8d1e79b1b2a
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="pdf"; filename="minimal.pdf"
Content-Type: application/pdf

JVBERi0xLjAKMSAwIG9iajw8L1R5cGUvQ2F0YWxvZy9QYWdlcyAyIDAgUj4+ZW5kb2JqIDIgMCBvYmo8PC9UeXBlL1BhZ2VzL0tpZHNbMyAwIFJdL0NvdW50IDE+PmVuZG9iaiAzIDAgb2JqPDwvVHlwZS9QYWdlL01lZGlhQm94WzAgMCAzIDNdPj5lbmRvYmoKeHJlZgowIDQKMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmCjAwMDAwMDAwMTAgMDAwMDAgbgowMDAwMDAwMDUzIDAwMDAwIG4KMDAwMDAwMDEwMiAwMDAwMCBuCnRyYWlsZXI8PC9TaXplIDQvUm9vdCAxIDAgUj4+CnN0YXJ0eHJlZgoxNDkKJUVPRg==

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[Moo (Marc)]

@lutzhorn

“net/textproto”

I response a base64 string from an api. After decoding I have a pdf in byte available. Now I would like to forward this PDF as multipart.file. e.g. to AWS whatever…

I have finished up to the byte, just don’t know how to make a request object out of it to send it on.