What is the best way to upload files in a modern browser

Question

I want to upload a (single) file to a server and show the progress of the upload.

I know I can upload a file using HTTP POST. I\'m not familiar with web-sockets, but

Answer 1

I personally like blueimp jQuery File Upload Plugin (https://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/)

File Upload widget with multiple file selection, drag&drop support, progress bars, validation and preview images, audio and video for jQuery. Supports cross-domain, chunked and resumable file uploads and client-side image resizing. Works with any server-side platform (PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Java, Node.js, Go etc.) that supports standard HTML form file uploads.

Demos:

• Basic
• Basic Plus
• Basic Plus UI
• AngularJS

Download (GitHub): https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload