Excising hibernate. Custom submit in collection showing how to do multipart form data in drupal.

islandora_collection/islandora_collection.module

@@ -35,7 +35,40 @@ function islandora_collection_node_info() {
  * Implements hook_form().
  */
 function islandora_collection_form($node, array &$form_state) {
-  return node_content_form($node, $form_state);
+  $form = node_content_form($node, $form_state);
+  $form['title']['#weight'] = -10;
+  $form['obj'] = array(
+    '#name' => 'obj',
+    '#type' => 'file',
+    '#title' => t('Image'),
+    '#description' => t('This file will be set as the "obj" pcdm:File for this object.'),
+    '#weight' => -5,
+  );
+  return $form;
+}
+
+function islandora_collection_form_node_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state) {
+  $form['actions']['submit']['#submit'][0] = 'islandora_collection_node_form_submit';
+}
+
+function islandora_collection_node_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
+  //dsm($_SERVER);
+  //dsm($_POST);
+  //dsm($_FILES);
+  //dsm($form);
+  //dsm($form_state);
+  $url_front = "http://localhost:8080/islandora-services/rest/collection";
+  $options['method'] = 'POST';
+  $options['data'] = array(
+    'node' => json_encode($form['#node']),
+    'files' => array(
+      'obj' => $_FILES['obj']['tmp_name'],
+    ),
+  );
+  httprl_request($url_front, $options);
+  $request = httprl_send_request();
+  //echo httprl_pr($request);
+  dsm("IN THE SUBMIT");
 }
 
 /**