NSString *filename = @"myfile.png"; NSString *boundary = @"----BOUNDARY_IS_I"; NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@SERVER_POSTIMAGE_PATH_STR, [[UIDevice currentDevice] uniqueIdentifier] ]]; NSMutableURLRequest *req = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url]; [req setHTTPMethod:@"POST"]; NSString *contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@", boundary]; [req setValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-type"]; NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(anImage); // adding the body NSMutableData *postBody = [NSMutableData data]; // first parameter an image [postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload\"; filename=\"%@\"\r\n", filename] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [postBody appendData:[@"Content-Type: image/png\r\n\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [postBody appendData:imageData]; // second parameter information [postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [postBody appendData:[@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"some_other_name\"\r\n\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [postBody appendData:[@"some_other_value" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r \n",boundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; [req setHTTPBody:postBody]; NSURLResponse* response; NSError* error; NSData* result = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:req returningResponse:&response error:&error]; NSString * rsltStr = [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:result encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];