Sending a POST json object with image through Postman

Question

I am currently sending something like this through raw category of Postman. This works fine however I cant attach an image

{
"user" :    {   
             "first_name": "employeeA",   
             "last_name": "smith",
             "username": "employeeA",
             "employer_image" :  --->Insert image here
             },     
"employee_zip" : 12345
}

However I dont know how to attach the image file. I read here that I could instead use the form data category and send the image.So I did something like this

This does not work is there any way for me to select a file and then use raw json to point to that file ?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 04 '18 at 19:54

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Have you tried using a Base64 encoded string ? The final JSON object would look something like this...

{
    "user" : {   
        "first_name" : "employeeA",   
        "last_name"  : "smith",
        "username"   : "employeeA",
        "employer_image" : "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
    },
   "employee_zip"   : 12345       
}

You can find Base64 encoder details in Mozilla Developer Website, and many implementations in Github

For testing purposes you can try first an online converter, as @MistyD suggests in the comments.

edited May 04 '18 at 19:54

PrasadK

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answered May 04 '18 at 19:44

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looks like this is something that might work for me. Let me see if I can find something that encodes an image into base64 – MistyD May 04 '18 at 19:45
I am going to try this now – MistyD May 04 '18 at 19:46

Sending a POST json object with image through Postman

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