Node.js Stripe: Create a File Upload

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Uploads a file to Stripe.

Documentation: https://stripe.com/docs/api/curl#create_file_upload

CURL Command

curl https://files.stripe.com/v1/files \
   -u STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: \
   -F purpose=dispute_evidence \
   -F file="@/path/to/a/file.jpg"

Node.js Example

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_win32'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_macosx');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
    var success;

    //  URL: https://files.stripe.com/v1/files
    var bTls = true;
    var port = 443;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("files.stripe.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.ConnectFailReason);
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    rest.SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","");

    rest.PartSelector = "1";
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"purpose\"");
    rest.SetMultipartBodyString("dispute_evidence");

    rest.PartSelector = "2";
    var fileStream2 = new chilkat.Stream();
    fileStream2.SourceFile = "/path/to/a/file.jpg";
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"/path/to/a/file.jpg\"; filename=\"/path/to/a/file.jpg\"");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/jpeg");
    rest.SetMultipartBodyStream(fileStream2);

    rest.PartSelector = "0";

    rest.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue");

    var strResponseBody = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/v1/files");
    if (rest.LastMethodSuccess !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.Load(strResponseBody);

    var id;
    var object;
    var created;
    var filename;
    var purpose;
    var size;
    var type;
    var url;

    id = jsonResponse.StringOf("id");
    object = jsonResponse.StringOf("object");
    created = jsonResponse.IntOf("created");
    filename = jsonResponse.StringOf("filename");
    purpose = jsonResponse.StringOf("purpose");
    size = jsonResponse.IntOf("size");
    type = jsonResponse.StringOf("type");
    url = jsonResponse.StringOf("url");

}

chilkatExample();

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "file_1BnEEuGswQrCoh0XqB3XkqAg",
  "object": "file_upload",
  "created": 1516661888,
  "filename": "path",
  "purpose": "sigma_scheduled_query",
  "size": 500,
  "type": "csv",
  "url": "https://stripe-upload-api.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/file_1BnEEuGswQrCoh0XqB3XkqAg?AWSAccessKeyId=KEY_ID\u0026Expires=TIMESTAMP\u0026Signature=SIGNATURE"
}