When submitting form with various fields including one optional field for file upload, if the file filed is left empty - the submition doesn't work. The error is: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil I've tracked the problem to the function 'eww-submit' which tries to open a file for upload (the file was never initialized by the html form). My fix is to check if the property is set in the file "eww.el.gz" after line 1435: > ((equal (plist-get input :type) "file") > ;; FIX check if property :filename is not nil > (when (not (null (plist-get input :filename))) > (push (cons "file" > (list (cons "filedata" > (with-temp-buffer > (insert-file-contents > (plist-get input :filename)) > (buffer-string))) > (cons "name" (plist-get input :name)) > (cons "filename" (plist-get input :filename)))) > values))) Details about my emacs: In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.32) of 2019-07-05 built on debian Repository revision: f24d47359d9b6621215f20795d585c5024d91783 Repository branch: master Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12004000 System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)