Golang模板上传文件如何验证文件为空

Question

I am a beginner with go-lang. I met a problem when I uploaded a file with html template. I google a lot but not solved.

<input  type="file" name="myfile"/>

Use func (*Request) FormFile get the file.

file, header, err := req.FormFile("receipt")

But how to validate the file whether it is empty from server side? I know I can read request.Body to find whether myfile is empty.

Is there a better way to implement it?

Answer 1

I don't think it's possible to know the size of the file until you read it. See this answer:

To read the file content is the only reliable way. Having said that, if the content-lenght is present and is too big, to close the connection would be a reasonable thing to do.

So I guess you'll have to read a part of the content into a small temporary buffer and look at the size.

If you want to validate, whether the user even sent a file, you can check against http.ErrMissingFile:

    file, header, err := r.FormFile("f")
    switch err {
    case nil:
        // do nothing
    case http.ErrMissingFile:
        log.Println("no file")
    default:
        log.Println(err)
    }