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Apache Commons FileUpload ™
Last Published: 08 Feb 2026
Version: 2.0.0-M5
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Commons FileUpload
The Commons
FileUpload
package makes it easy to add
robust, high-performance, file upload capability to your servlets and
web applications.
FileUpload parses HTTP requests which conform to
RFC 1867
"Form-based File Upload in HTML". That is, if an HTTP request is
submitted using the POST method, and with a content type of
"multipart/form-data", then FileUpload can parse that request, and
make the results available in a manner easily used by the caller.
Starting with version 1.3, FileUpload handles
RFC 2047
encoded header values.
The simplest way to send a
multipart/form-data
request to a server is via a web form, i.e.
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The following documentation is available:
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