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sfadm sfadm Apex file validation. How to validate the uploaded file is ".csv" or not?
As described in the following article:
The try/catch is working for specific file formats such as:
But when I try to upload files with the following file formats:
Please advise how to adjust the try/catch block in order to allow only ".csv" file formats to be uploaded?
https://developer.salesforce.com/forums/?id=906F0000000BPXxIAOI make the suggested validation to finind out if the uploaded file is ".csv" or not. Therefore I'm using the suggested try/catch in my controller class
blob docBlob = doc.body;
string blobString;
try
{
blobString = docBlob.toString();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
ApexPages.Message myMsg = new ApexPages.Message(ApexPages.Severity.FATAL,'Please upload a valid CSV document');
ApexPages.addMessage(myMsg);
return ;
}
The try/catch is working for specific file formats such as:
".pdf" , ".xlsx", ".docx".
But when I try to upload files with the following file formats:
".log", ".eml", ".cls"they become successfully uploaded in Salesforce, creating hundreds of records in Salesforce which is totaly wrong and inadmissable.
Please advise how to adjust the try/catch block in order to allow only ".csv" file formats to be uploaded?
String fileName = 'foobar.csv'; Set<String> acceptedExtensions = new Set<String> {'.csv','.txt', '.jpg'}; Boolean found = false; for(String s : acceptedExtensions){ if(found = fileName.endsWith(s)){ // yes, there's only one "=", I do want assignment here break; } } if(!found){ // after the whole loop it's still false? ApexPages.addMessage(...); }https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21300048/validate-file-extensions-in-apex