How to to post a zipped file to the server

[garydene]

I am new to javascript and I am battling to get the syntax right to post a zip file to the server.
when the user clicks the button it must send a zipfile called send2serv.zip
to the server.
It must use application/x-zip-compressed
it must pass the username admin
and the password ****
and the file name send2serv.zip

I've done this in delphi successfully but the client needs me to use javascript.
If javascript cannot do this then is their an activex object I can get hold of to pass the parameters to that can be used in Javascript.

[Dormilich]

it depends where send2serv.zip is located. the only way to send a file on the local file system is using <input type="file">, where (afaik) you cannot set the value by JavaScript.

[garydene]

Thank you for the input type="file"
I need to pass the filename, username and password to get the file uploaded.
The names are an example only they are not real.
The server would have an address for example http://10.0.etc
The file send2serv.zip is on the C: drive in a folder called Backup
The username alpha
The password ****
How do I pass this in Javascript to get the file uploaded

[Dormilich]

you can always call an URI including login/password:

http://login:password@restricted.example.org

[garydene]

the url is similar to http://10.0.1.....:808 0/TeachFile/zip?overwriiteo verwrite=no" so it will not work

[Dormilich]

it doesn’t matter, if the domain is named or numbered…
http://login:password@127.0.0.1:8080...teoverwrite=no