# Sending a file via XML RPC

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-file-via-xml-rpc/134025>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 7, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-file-via-xml-rpc/134025 "2008-04-07T00:46:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/e_deleflie)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-file-via-xml-rpc/134025/1 "2008-04-07T00:46:43Z")

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Hi all,

I’m trying to send a file via XML RPC … the below code doesn’t  
work (some HTTP error) and I cant find any samples anywhere on Google  
… can someone shed some light?

@server = XMLRPC::Client.new2(“http://” + @loginName.to\_s + “:” +  
@password.to\_s + “@” + SITE\_URL + “/”)  
file = IO.read(“files/something.txt”)  
result = @server.call(“submitFile”, “first parameter” , “yada yada”,  
file )

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**Author:** ![e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/e_deleflie)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-file-via-xml-rpc/134025/2 "2008-04-07T01:10:40Z")

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e deleflie wrote:  
| Hi all,  
|  
| I’m trying to send a file via XML RPC … the below code doesn’t  
| work (some HTTP error) and I cant find any samples anywhere on Google  
| … can someone shed some light?

And what would that error be?

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Phillip G.  
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**Author:** ![e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/e_deleflie)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-file-via-xml-rpc/134025/3 "2008-04-07T04:45:51Z")

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> e deleflie wrote:  
> | Hi all,  
> |  
> | I’m trying to send a file via XML RPC … the below code doesn’t  
> | work (some HTTP error) and I cant find any samples anywhere on Google  
> | … can someone shed some light?
> 
> And what would that error be?

HTTP-Error: 500 Internal Server Error

I suspect that the error is irrelevant, because I have no idea how to  
pass a file in an XML RPC request … and the error was generated  
from a wild guess (which is the code repeated below).

@server = XMLRPC::Client.new2(“http://” + @loginName.to\_s + “:” +  
@password.to\_s + “@” + SITE\_URL + “/”)  
file = IO.read(“files/something.txt”)  
result = @server.call(“submitFile”, “first parameter” , “yada yada”,  
file )

Etienne

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**Author:** ![e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/858c86/32.png) [@e\_deleflie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/e_deleflie)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sending-a-file-via-xml-rpc/134025/4 "2008-04-07T14:32:23Z")

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e deleflie wrote:  
|\> e deleflie wrote:  
|\> | Hi all,  
|\> |  
|\> | I’m trying to send a file via XML RPC … the below code doesn’t  
|\> | work (some HTTP error) and I cant find any samples anywhere on Google  
|\> | … can someone shed some light?  
|\>  
|\> And what would that error be?  
|  
| HTTP-Error: 500 Internal Server Error

This is somewhat of a generic, catch-all error. Usually means that the  
server isn’t configured properly, or has troubles connecting to a  
database or somesuch thing.

If you have access to the server, you could check its logs.

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Phillip G.  
Twitter: [twitter.com/cynicalryan](http://twitter.com/cynicalryan)

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