fix(curl): import form-data params from postman curl commands by wahyuakbarwibowo · Pull Request #9198 · usebruno/bruno

wahyuakbarwibowo · 2026-09-08T08:08:46Z

Fixes #9275

Summary

Importing a cURL command copied from Postman lost its form-data body: file params were dropped entirely and any text param whose value contained an @ (an email, for instance) was silently turned into an empty file param.
Postman quotes every --form value (name="john", file=@"/path/to/file.png"), which the form field parser did not account for.

Changes

packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.js — rewrote parseFormField: split on the first =, treat only a leading @ as a file upload, strip the quotes Postman wraps around values, and emit file params with their path in an array (the shape jsonToBru needs to serialize @file(...) — a string value produced an empty @file() and the param was lost).
packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/index.js — assign a uid to each multipart param when building the request body, matching what the Postman collection importer produces.
Specs for both the parser and the request builder covering the Postman-style quoted --form syntax.

Test plan

packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.spec.js — text fields, file uploads, and the quoted Postman form syntax
packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/index.spec.js — form-data curl maps to a multipartForm body with text and file params
Manual: paste a Postman --form cURL into New Request → Import cURL, confirm the multipart table lists every text param and the file param with its path

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Bug Fixes
- Improved cURL import handling for multipart form data.
- Correctly recognizes file uploads and preserves them as file entries.
- Supports quoted form values, including values containing @ symbols, such as email addresses.
- Multipart fields now receive the metadata required for reliable editing and display.
- Invalid or incomplete form fields are handled more safely during parsing.
- Postman-style --form arguments are now parsed correctly, including text and file entries.

Postman quotes every --form value (name="john", file=@"/path"), and the form field parser mistook any '@' anywhere in the field for a file upload while emitting the file path as a string. jsonToBru only serializes a multipart file param when its value is an array, so those params were written as an empty @file() and lost on import. Detect a file only by a leading '@', strip the surrounding quotes, emit file paths as an array, and give each param a uid so the multipart body matches the shape the rest of the app expects.

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Walkthrough

The curl utilities now parse quoted multipart fields, distinguish file markers correctly, return file values as arrays, and add generated UUIDs to multipart request entries. Tests cover quoted Postman-style fields and normalized request output.

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Multipart curl handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Multipart field parsing `packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.js`, `packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.spec.js`	`parseFormField` now supports quoted values, leading `@` file markers, invalid-field handling, and array-based file values.
Request normalization `packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/index.js`, `packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/index.spec.js`	Multipart entries receive generated UUIDs before assignment to `body.multipartForm`. Tests verify text and file entries.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d2d67

Malformed multipart imports are safely ignored today, but the behavior lacks regression coverage and could be inadvertently changed later.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy the coding requirements in `#9275`. `parseFormField` splits on the first `=`, treats only a leading `@` as a file marker, removes surrounding quotes, and returns file paths as arrays…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within `#9275`. The production changes modify cURL multipart parsing and request-body construction. The added tests validate the reported text-field, file-field, quoting, and multipar…
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In `@packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.spec.js`:
- Around line 420-430: Add a test alongside the existing multipart parsing cases
that parses a curl command containing a malformed --form "invalid" field and
asserts multipartUploads remains empty, confirming parseFormField/setFormData
discard the invalid entry while normalization still completes.

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Guards against a parser change turning a malformed --form value into an empty multipart param.

wahyuakbarwibowo requested review from bijin-bruno, helloanoop, lohit-bruno, naman-bruno, sachin-thakur-bruno, sanish-bruno, sid-bruno, utkarsh-bruno and vijayh-bruno as code owners September 8, 2026 08:08

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Importing cURL with form-data payload drops file params and values containing @ #9275

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