Upload image with HttpClient

Question

Problem

I try to upload an image with angular\'s HttpClient to API Content-Type: multipart/form-data (angular v4+). Is it supported? How to do it?

Answer 1

For me the trick was not to set the content-type to multipart/form-data. But that was done automatically for me.

<label>
  <input type="file" (change)="setFiles($event)" style="display:none" multiple/>
  <a mat-raised-button color="primary">
    <mat-icon>file_upload</mat-icon>
    Select Documents
  </a>
</label>

Here's my code that uploads multipart/form-data. No need to set the headers.

private setFile(event) {
    let files = event.srcElement.files
    if (!files) {
      return
    }

    let path = `${environment.celoApiEndpoint}/api/patientFiles`
    let data = {"patientData": {
      "uid": "",
      "firstName": "",
      "lastName": "",
      "gender": "Not Specified",
      "dateOfBirth": ""
    }}
    // let headers = new HttpHeaders()
    //   .set('content-type', 'multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW')
    // let headers = new HttpHeaders().set('content-type', 'multipart/form-data')
    const formData: FormData = new FormData();

    for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
      formData.append(i.toString(), files[i], files[i].name);
    }
    formData.append("data", JSON.stringify(data));
    this.http.post(path, formData).subscribe(
      (r)=>{console.log('got r', r)}
    )
  }

Answer 2

I don't think the issue is with angular, I used the same code to send a file to the server (I am using spring in backend), the only difference is I am not observing the request or converting the response to promise.

See my code below:

let formData: FormData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', this.fileToUpload);

this.http.put(this.usersUrl, formData).subscribe(
    data => {
        console.log(data); 
    },
    error => {
        console.log(error);
    }
);