From 24490499ee4aa7d79e925539e09f9472954da7b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harsh Thakkar <harsh-thakkar7@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:21:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: --multipart silently drops := / :=@ JSON fields

SEPARATORS_GROUP_MULTIPART is missing SEPARATOR_DATA_RAW_JSON (:=) and
SEPARATOR_DATA_EMBED_RAW_JSON_FILE (:=@), so ProcessMultiItemArgs routed
those items only into args.data - which the multipart encoder never reads
(get_multipart_data_and_content_type only consumes args.multipart_data).
JSON primitive values in --multipart requests vanished silently, unlike
--form, whose advertised support for the JSON field syntax is shared in
the changelog. Add both separators; complex values still raise the
existing 'Cannot use complex JSON value types' ParseError.
---
 httpie/cli/constants.py |  2 ++
 tests/test_json.py      | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/httpie/cli/constants.py b/httpie/cli/constants.py
index 09ca19e4af..a9bed8e12b 100644
--- a/httpie/cli/constants.py
+++ b/httpie/cli/constants.py
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
 
 SEPARATORS_GROUP_MULTIPART = frozenset({
     SEPARATOR_DATA_STRING,
+    SEPARATOR_DATA_RAW_JSON,
     SEPARATOR_DATA_EMBED_FILE_CONTENTS,
     SEPARATOR_FILE_UPLOAD,
+    SEPARATOR_DATA_EMBED_RAW_JSON_FILE,
 })
 
 # Separators for items whose value is a filename to be embedded
diff --git a/tests/test_json.py b/tests/test_json.py
index e758ebe7f4..86bb6bd197 100644
--- a/tests/test_json.py
+++ b/tests/test_json.py
@@ -132,15 +132,42 @@ def test_duplicate_keys_support_from_input_file():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('value', [1, 1.1, True, 'some_value'])
-def test_simple_json_arguments_with_non_json(httpbin, value):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('form_request_type', ['--form', '--multipart'])
+def test_simple_json_arguments_with_non_json(httpbin, value, form_request_type):
     r = http(
-        '--form',
+        form_request_type,
         httpbin + '/post',
         f'option:={json.dumps(value)}',
     )
     assert r.json['form'] == {'option': str(value)}
 
 
+def test_simple_json_arguments_with_non_json_and_multipart_embed(
+    httpbin, tmp_path
+):
+    # :=@ embeds a JSON file's value; it must reach the multipart body too.
+    json_file = tmp_path / 'value.json'
+    json_file.write_text(json.dumps([1, 2, 3]))
+    with pytest.raises(ParseError) as cm:
+        http(
+            '--multipart',
+            httpbin + '/post',
+            f'complex:=@{json_file}',
+            'plain=value',
+        )
+    cm.match('Cannot use complex JSON value types')
+
+    scalar_file = tmp_path / 'scalar.json'
+    scalar_file.write_text('42')
+    r = http(
+        '--multipart',
+        httpbin + '/post',
+        f'scalar:=@{scalar_file}',
+        'plain=value',
+    )
+    assert r.json['form'] == {'scalar': '42', 'plain': 'value'}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'request_type',
     [