# formdata
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Documentation is available at https://mikedilger.github.io/formdata
This library provides a function for parsing a stream in `multipart/form-data`
format, such as what HTTP user agents (browsers) send to HTTP servers via the
POST method in response to HTTP forms with enctype="multipart/form-data".
These streams typically contain embedded uploaded files. This library
separates those files and streams them to disk.
## Example
```rust
// request is your ::hyper::server::Request
if let Ok(form_data) = parse_multipart(&mut request) {
for (name, value) in form_data.fields {
println!("Posted variable name={} value={}",name,value);
}
for (name, file) in form_data.files {
println!("Posted file name={} filename={} content_type={} size={} temporary_path={}",
name, file.filename, file.content_type, file.size, file.path);
}
}
```