uploadify scriptData problem - uploadify

Question

I'm having problems with scriptData on uploadify, I'm pretty sure the config syntax is fine but whatever I do, scriptData is not passed to the upload script.
I tested in both FF and Chrome with flash v. Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31
This is the config:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#id_file').uploadify({
'uploader' : '/media/filebrowser/uploadify/uploadify.swf',
'script' : '/admin/filebrowser/upload_file/',
'scriptData' : {'session_key': 'e1b552afde044bdd188ad51af40cfa8e'},
'checkScript' : '/admin/filebrowser/check_file/',
'cancelImg' : '/media/filebrowser/uploadify/cancel.png',
'auto' : false,
'folder' : '',
'multi' : true,
'fileDesc' : '*.html;*.py;*.js;*.css;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.gif;*.png;*.tif;*.tiff;*.mp3;*.mp4;*.wav;*.aiff;*.midi;*.m4p;*.mov;*.wmv;*.mpeg;*.mpg;*.avi;*.rm;*.pdf;*.doc;*.rtf;*.txt;*.xls;*.csv;',
'fileExt' : '*.html;*.py;*.js;*.css;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.gif;*.png;*.tif;*.tiff;*.mp3;*.mp4;*.wav;*.aiff;*.midi;*.m4p;*.mov;*.wmv;*.mpeg;*.mpg;*.avi;*.rm;*.pdf;*.doc;*.rtf;*.txt;*.xls;*.csv;',
'sizeLimit' : 10485760,
'scriptAccess' : 'sameDomain',
'queueSizeLimit' : 50,
'simUploadLimit' : 1,
'width' : 300,
'height' : 30,
'hideButton' : false,
'wmode' : 'transparent',
translations : {
browseButton: 'BROWSE',
error: 'An Error occured',
completed: 'Completed',
replaceFile: 'Do you want to replace the file',
unitKb: 'KB',
unitMb: 'MB'
}
});
$('input:submit').click(function(){
$('#id_file').uploadifyUpload();
return false;
});
});
I checked that other values (file name) are passed correctly but session_key is not.
This is the decorator code from django-filebrowser, you can see it checks for
request.POST.get('session_key'), the problem is that request.POST is empty.
def flash_login_required(function):
"""
Decorator to recognize a user by its session.
Used for Flash-Uploading.
"""
def decorator(request, *args, **kwargs):
try:
engine = __import__(settings.SESSION_ENGINE, {}, {}, [''])
except:
import django.contrib.sessions.backends.db
engine = django.contrib.sessions.backends.db
print request.POST
session_data = engine.SessionStore(request.POST.get('session_key'))
user_id = session_data['_auth_user_id']
# will return 404 if the session ID does not resolve to a valid user
request.user = get_object_or_404(User, pk=user_id)
return function(request, *args, **kwargs)
return decorator

Answer 1

I found a solution without using scriptData. You can pass your data by passing through your URL:
$("#image_upload1").uploadify({
'method':'POST',
'buttonText':'Select',
'fileTypeDesc' : 'Image Files',
'fileTypeExts' : '*.gif; *.jpg; *.png',
'swf':'<?php echo base_url()?>resources/flash/uploadify.swf',
'uploader':'<?php echo site_url('item/update_item_images/'.$picid[0]); ?>',
'width': 40,
'multi':false,
'onUploadComplete':function(file)
{
$('.original').hide();
$('#image1').attr('style','background-image:url("../resources/uploads/<?php echo $id;?>/'+file.name+'");background-size: 140px 119px;');
$('#hidden_img_value1').attr('value',file.name)
}
});
Here I pass the value $picid[0] in uploader. This data you can access in your controller.

Answer 2

#Jimbo after removing inverted comma (') ,then also the value is not reciving in controller.
$("#image_upload1").uploadify({
'method':'POST',
'buttonText':'Select',
'fileTypeDesc' : 'Image Files',
'fileTypeExts' : '*.gif; *.jpg; *.png',
'swf':'<?php echo base_url()?>resources/flash/uploadify.swf',
'uploader':'<?php echo site_url('item/update_item_image1')?>',
'width': 40,
'multi':false,
'scriptData':{id:'<?=$picid[0]?>'},
'onUploadComplete':function(file)
{
//alert(response);
$('.original').hide();
$('#image1').attr('style','background-image:url("../resources/uploads/18/'+file.name+'")');
$('#hidden_img_value1').attr('value',file.name)
}
});

Answer 3

This might sound silly, but are you sure it's a session_key problem?
I had an authentication problem with filebrowser+uploadify but the problem was not the session_key but that the site was protected by a HTTP digest authentication set in Apache and, although session_key was sent fine, uploadify does not send the HTTP authentication headers.
Is your web server requiring any form of authentication?

Answer 4

I had a a similar problem passing script data in the past. Removing the inverted comma (') around the key in the key/value pairs fixed my problem
Instead of:
'scriptData' : {'session_key': 'e1b552afde044bdd188ad51af40cfa8e'},
Use:
'scriptData' : {session_key: 'e1b552afde044bdd188ad51af40cfa8e'},
(useful Uploadify post here)