Send a form-data body#

The form-data body type sends the request as a multipart form. Each row is a field, and a field is either text or a file. This page covers the table and the per-row Type dropdown.

The form-data table#

Each row has a tickbox, a Key, a Value, a Type dropdown, and a delete button. The Type dropdown is unique to form-data and offers text or file. The empty row at the bottom adds the next field: type a key, then press Enter or select the plus button.

A row that you turn off stays in the table but stays out of the form.

Text and file fields#

Leave the Type as text to send the value as a plain string.

Set the Type to file, and a file icon appears in the Value cell to mark the row as a file field. The row then carries a file rather than text. The app reads the file contents at send time and does not hold them in the request.

The Content-Type it sets#

When form-data is the active type, the app sends the request as multipart/form-data and adds the boundary for you. You do not need to set the header yourself.