POST payload from external JSON (or better YAML) file

[mbaudis]

While one easily can add a POST JSON payload to the GUI (or body:json) it is not obvious if/how to load such a payload from an external file.

[helloanoop]

@mbaudis You can do it by selecting the File/Binary option.

The bru syntax looks like below

post {
  url: https://www.httpfaker.org/api/upload
  body: file
  auth: inherit
}


body:file {
  file: @file(/Users/anoop/Desktop/IndiaFOSS 2025 Sponsorship Deck.pdf) @contentType(application/pdf)
}

[mbaudis]

@helloanoop Yes; but

1. My JSON file (which works over curl and also gets a response in the Bruno UI w/ 200 & data) does not work on the CLI (server gives a 500); repeatedly, different files/edits/servers.
2. Somehow the "File/Binary option then at some point (I know... haven't tracked it down) disappeared from the pop-up menu for any of the calls; all other options stayed; back again after relaunch the GUI & starting a new collection.

I'll try to track this down further. Very mysterious.

meta {
  name: biosamples-POSTfile
  type: http
  seq: 1
}

post {
  url: http://progenetix.org/beacon/biosamples
  body: file
  auth: inherit
}

body:file {
  file: @file___absolute-path-here___/g_variants-POST-for-CDKN2A-DEL-gliomas.json) @contentType(application/json; charset=utf-8)
}

and

{
    "$schema":"beaconRequestBody.json",
    "meta": {
        "apiVersion": "2.1",
        "requestedSchemas": [
            {
                "entityType": "genomicVariation",
                "schema:": "https://progenetix.org/services/schemas/genomicVariant/"
            }
        ]
    },
    "query": {
        "requestParameters": {
            "datasets": {"datasetIds": ["progenetix"]},
            "g_variant": {
                "assemblyId": "GRCh38",
                "referenceName": "9",
                "start": [21500001, 21975098],
                "end": [21967753, 22500000], 
                "variantType": "EFO:0030067"
            }
        },
        "filters": [{"id": "NCIT:C3058"}],
        "pagination": {"skip": 0, "limit": 10},   
        "debugMode": 0
    }
}

[ganesh-bruno]

Hi @mbaudis ,

Have you had a chance to test the Binary file functionality?
If not, could you let us know if you're running into any issues?

Thanks!