diff --git a/src/main/coffeescript/view/OperationView.coffee b/src/main/coffeescript/view/OperationView.coffee
index 0c211f17..4df219f5 100644
--- a/src/main/coffeescript/view/OperationView.coffee
+++ b/src/main/coffeescript/view/OperationView.coffee
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ class OperationView extends Backbone.View
         if(o.value? && jQuery.trim(o.value).length > 0)
           map[o.name] = o.value
 
+      isFileUpload = $('input[type~="file"]').size != 0
+
+      if isFileUpload
+        # requires HTML5 compatible browser
+        bodyParam = new FormData()
+
+        # add params
+        for param in @model.parameters
+          if param.paramType is 'body'
+            bodyParam.append(param.name, map[param.name])
+
+        # add files
+        $.each $('input[type~="file"]'), (i, el) ->
+          bodyParam.append($(el).attr('name'), el.files[0])
+
+        console.log(bodyParam)
+      else
       bodyParam = null
       for param in @model.parameters
         if param.paramType is 'body'
@@ -79,6 +96,7 @@ class OperationView extends Backbone.View
         headers: headerParams
         data: bodyParam
         dataType: 'json'
+        processData: false
         error: (xhr, textStatus, error) =>
           @showErrorStatus(xhr, textStatus, error)
         success: (data) =>
@@ -87,7 +105,7 @@ class OperationView extends Backbone.View
           @showCompleteStatus(data)
 
       obj.contentType = "application/json" if (obj.type.toLowerCase() == "put" or obj.type.toLowerCase() == "patch")
-    
+      obj.contentType = false if isFileUpload
       jQuery.ajax(obj)
       false
       # $.getJSON(invocationUrl, (r) => @showResponse(r)).complete((r) => @showCompleteStatus(r)).error (r) => @showErrorStatus(r)
diff --git a/src/main/coffeescript/view/ParameterView.coffee b/src/main/coffeescript/view/ParameterView.coffee
index c6c5dd55..a7c4361a 100644
--- a/src/main/coffeescript/view/ParameterView.coffee
+++ b/src/main/coffeescript/view/ParameterView.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class ParameterView extends Backbone.View
 
   render: ->
     @model.isBody = true if @model.paramType == 'body'
+    @model.isFile = true if @model.dataType == 'file'
 
     template = @template()
     $(@el).html(template(@model))
diff --git a/src/main/template/param.handlebars b/src/main/template/param.handlebars
index 628f3577..bd311a0e 100644
--- a/src/main/template/param.handlebars
+++ b/src/main/template/param.handlebars
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 <td class='code'>{{name}}</td>
 <td>
-	
+
 	{{#if isBody}}
-		{{#if defaultValue}}
-			<textarea class='body-textarea' name='{{name}}'>{{defaultValue}}</textarea>
+		{{#if isFile}}
+			<input type="file" name='{{name}}'/>
 		{{else}}
-		    <textarea class='body-textarea' name='{{name}}'></textarea>
+			{{#if defaultValue}}
+				<textarea class='body-textarea' name='{{name}}'>{{defaultValue}}</textarea>
+			{{else}}
+			    <textarea class='body-textarea' name='{{name}}'></textarea>
+			{{/if}}
 		{{/if}}
-		
 	{{else}}
 		{{#if defaultValue}}
 			<input minlength='0' name='{{name}}' placeholder='' type='text' value='{{defaultValue}}'/>
diff --git a/src/main/template/param_required.handlebars b/src/main/template/param_required.handlebars
index 105e7064..2a4a31f4 100644
--- a/src/main/template/param_required.handlebars
+++ b/src/main/template/param_required.handlebars
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
 <td class='code required'>{{name}}</td>
 <td>
 	{{#if isBody}}
-		{{#if defaultValue}}
-			<textarea class='body-textarea' placeholder='(required)' name='{{name}}'>{{defaultValue}}</textarea>
+		{{#if isFile}}
+			<input type="file" name='{{name}}'/>
 		{{else}}
-		    <textarea class='body-textarea' placeholder='(required)' name='{{name}}'></textarea>
+			{{#if defaultValue}}
+				<textarea class='body-textarea' placeholder='(required)' name='{{name}}'>{{defaultValue}}</textarea>
+			{{else}}
+			    <textarea class='body-textarea' placeholder='(required)' name='{{name}}'></textarea>
+			{{/if}}
 		{{/if}}
-		
 	{{else}}
-		{{#if defaultValue}}
-		    <input class='required' minlength='1' name='{{name}}' placeholder='(required)' type='text' value='{{defaultValue}}'/>
+		{{#if isFile}}
+			<input class='required' type='file' name='{{name}}'/>
 		{{else}}
-		    <input class='required' minlength='1' name='{{name}}' placeholder='(required)' type='text' value=''/>
+			{{#if defaultValue}}
+			    <input class='required' minlength='1' name='{{name}}' placeholder='(required)' type='text' value='{{defaultValue}}'/>
+			{{else}}
+			    <input class='required' minlength='1' name='{{name}}' placeholder='(required)' type='text' value=''/>
+			{{/if}}
 		{{/if}}
 	{{/if}}
 </td>
 <td>
     <strong>{{{description}}}</strong>
 </td>
-<td><span class="model-signature">{{{signature}}}</span></td>
\ No newline at end of file
+<td><span class="model-signature">{{{signature}}}</span></td>