The <input type=file>
element does not by default work with the ng-model directive. It needs a custom directive:
select-ng-files
Directive that Works with ng-model
1angular.module("app",[]);
angular.module("app").directive("selectNgFiles", function() {
return {
require: "ngModel",
link: function postLink(scope,elem,attrs,ngModel) {
elem.on("change", function(e) {
var files = elem[0].files;
ngModel.$setViewValue(files);
})
}
}
});
<script src="//unpkg.com/angular/angular.js"></script>
<body ng-app="app">
<h1>AngularJS Input `type=file` Demo</h1>
<input type="file" select-ng-files ng-model="fileList" multiple>
<h2>Files</h2>
<div ng-repeat="file in fileList">
{{file.name}}
</div>
</body>
$http.post
from a FileList$scope.upload = function(url, fileList) {
var config = { headers: { 'Content-Type': undefined },
transformResponse: angular.identity
};
var promises = fileList.map(function(file) {
return $http.post(url, file, config);
});
return $q.all(promises);
};
When sending a POST with a File object, it is important to set 'Content-Type': undefined
. The XHR send method will then detect the File object and automatically set the content type.
Your file and json data uploading at the same time .
// FIRST SOLUTION
var _post = function (file, jsonData) {
$http({
url: your url,
method: "POST",
headers: { 'Content-Type': undefined },
transformRequest: function (data) {
var formData = new FormData();
formData.append("model", angular.toJson(data.model));
formData.append("file", data.files);
return formData;
},
data: { model: jsonData, files: file }
}).then(function (response) {
;
});
}
// END OF FIRST SOLUTION
// SECOND SOLUTION
// If you can add plural file and If above code give an error.
// You can try following code
var _post = function (file, jsonData) {
$http({
url: your url,
method: "POST",
headers: { 'Content-Type': undefined },
transformRequest: function (data) {
var formData = new FormData();
formData.append("model", angular.toJson(data.model));
for (var i = 0; i < data.files.length; i++) {
// add each file to
// the form data and iteratively name them
formData.append("file" + i, data.files[i]);
}
return formData;
},
data: { model: jsonData, files: file }
}).then(function (response) {
;
});
}
// END OF SECOND SOLUTION
You may consider IaaS for file upload, such as Uploadcare. There is an Angular package for it: https://github.com/uploadcare/angular-uploadcare
Technically it's implemented as a directive, providing different options for uploading, and manipulations for uploaded images within the widget:
<uploadcare-widget
ng-model="object.image.info.uuid"
data-public-key="YOURKEYHERE"
data-locale="en"
data-tabs="file url"
data-images-only="true"
data-path-value="true"
data-preview-step="true"
data-clearable="true"
data-multiple="false"
data-crop="400:200"
on-upload-complete="onUCUploadComplete(info)"
on-widget-ready="onUCWidgetReady(widget)"
value="{{ object.image.info.cdnUrl }}"
/>
More configuration options to play with: https://uploadcare.com/widget/configure/
app.directive('ngUpload', function () {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
var options = {};
options.enableControls = attrs['uploadOptionsEnableControls'];
// get scope function to execute on successful form upload
if (attrs['ngUpload']) {
element.attr("target", "upload_iframe");
element.attr("method", "post");
// Append a timestamp field to the url to prevent browser caching results
element.attr("action", element.attr("action") + "?_t=" + new Date().getTime());
element.attr("enctype", "multipart/form-data");
element.attr("encoding", "multipart/form-data");
// Retrieve the callback function
var fn = attrs['ngUpload'].split('(')[0];
var callbackFn = scope.$eval(fn);
if (callbackFn == null || callbackFn == undefined || !angular.isFunction(callbackFn))
{
var message = "The expression on the ngUpload directive does not point to a valid function.";
// console.error(message);
throw message + "\n";
}
// Helper function to create new i frame for each form submission
var addNewDisposableIframe = function (submitControl) {
// create a new iframe
var iframe = $("<iframe id='upload_iframe' name='upload_iframe' border='0' width='0' height='0' style='width: 0px; height: 0px;
border: none; display: none' />");
// attach function to load event of the iframe
iframe.bind('load', function () {
// get content - requires jQuery
var content = iframe.contents().find('body').text();
// execute the upload response function in the active scope
scope.$apply(function () { callbackFn(content, content !== "" /* upload completed */); });
// remove iframe
if (content != "") // Fixes a bug in Google Chrome that dispose the iframe before content is ready.
setTimeout(function () { iframe.remove(); }, 250);
submitControl.attr('disabled', null);
submitControl.attr('title', 'Click to start upload.');
});
// add the new iframe to application
element.parent().append(iframe);
};
// 1) get the upload submit control(s) on the form (submitters must be decorated with the 'ng-upload-submit' class)
// 2) attach a handler to the controls' click event
$('.upload-submit', element).click(
function () {
addNewDisposableIframe($(this) /* pass the submit control */);
scope.$apply(function () { callbackFn("Please wait...", false /* upload not completed */); });
var enabled = true;
if (options.enableControls === null || options.enableControls === undefined || options.enableControls.length >= 0) {
// disable the submit control on click
$(this).attr('disabled', 'disabled');
enabled = false;
}
$(this).attr('title', (enabled ? '[ENABLED]: ' : '[DISABLED]: ') + 'Uploading, please wait...');
// submit the form
$(element).submit();
}
).attr('title', 'Click to start upload.');
}
else
alert("No callback function found on the ngUpload directive.");
}
};
});
<form class="form form-inline" name="uploadForm" id="uploadForm"
ng-upload="uploadForm12" action="rest/uploadHelpFile" method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data" style="margin-top: 3px;margin-left:
6px"> <button type="submit" id="mbUploadBtn" class="upload-submit"
ng-hide="true"></button> </form>
@RequestMapping(value = "/uploadHelpFile", method =
RequestMethod.POST) public @ResponseBody String
uploadHelpFile(@RequestParam(value = "file") CommonsMultipartFile[]
file,@RequestParam(value = "fileName") String
fileName,@RequestParam(value = "helpFileType") String
helpFileType,@RequestParam(value = "helpFileName") String
helpFileName) { }
I am able to upload files using AngularJS by using below code:
The file
for the argument that needs to be passed for the function ngUploadFileUpload
is $scope.file
as per your question.
The key point here is to use transformRequest: []
. This will prevent $http with messing with the contents of the file.
function getFileBuffer(file) {
var deferred = new $q.defer();
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onloadend = function (e) {
deferred.resolve(e.target.result);
}
reader.onerror = function (e) {
deferred.reject(e.target.error);
}
reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
return deferred.promise;
}
function ngUploadFileUpload(endPointUrl, file) {
var deferred = new $q.defer();
getFileBuffer(file).then(function (arrayBuffer) {
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: endPointUrl,
headers: {
"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
'X-RequestDigest': spContext.securityValidation,
"content-length": arrayBuffer.byteLength
},
data: arrayBuffer,
transformRequest: []
}).then(function (data) {
deferred.resolve(data);
}, function (error) {
deferred.reject(error);
console.error("Error", error)
});
}, function (error) {
console.error("Error", error)
});
return deferred.promise;
}
I tried all alternatives that @Anoyz (Correct answer) gives... and the best solution is https://github.com/danialfarid/angular-file-upload
Some Features:
It's work fine for me. You just have to pay attention to instructions.
In server-side i use NodeJs, Express 4 and Multer middleware to manage multipart request.