Allow only pdf, doc, docx format for file upload?

Question

I am triggering a file upload on href click.
I am trying to block all extension except doc, docx and pdf.
I am not getting the correct alert value.

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Answer 1

Better to use change event on input field.

Updated source:

var myfile="";

$('#resume_link').click(function( e ) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $('#resume').trigger('click');
});

$('#resume').on( 'change', function() {
   myfile= $( this ).val();
   var ext = myfile.split('.').pop();
   if(ext=="pdf" || ext=="docx" || ext=="doc"){
       alert(ext);
   } else{
       alert(ext);
   }
});

Updated jsFiddle.

Answer 2

Try this

 $('#resume_link').click(function() {
        var ext = $('#resume').val().split(".").pop().toLowerCase();
        if($.inArray(ext, ["doc","pdf",'docx']) == -1) {
            // false
        }else{
            // true
        }
    });

Hope it will help

Answer 3

You can simply make it by REGEX:

Form:

<form method="post" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <div class="uploadExtensionError" style="display: none">Only PDF allowed!</div>
    <input type="file" name="item_file" />
    <input type="submit" id='submit' value="submit"/>
</form>

And java script validation:

<script>
    $('#submit').click(function(event) {
        var val = $('input[type=file]').val().toLowerCase();
        var regex = new RegExp("(.*?)\.(pdf|docx|doc)$");
        if(!(regex.test(val))) {
            $('.uploadExtensionError').show();
            event.preventDefault();
        }
    });
</script>

Cheers!

Answer 4

Below code worked for me:

<input #fileInput type="file" id="avatar" accept="application/pdf,application/msword,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document" />

application/pdf means .pdf
application/msword means .doc
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document means .docx

Answer 5

var file = form.getForm().findField("file").getValue();
var fileLen = file.length;
var lastValue = file.substring(fileLen - 3, fileLen);
if (lastValue == 'doc') {//check same for other file format}

Answer 6

For only acept files with extension doc and docx in the explorer window try this

    <input type="file" id="docpicker"
  accept=".doc,.docx,application/msword,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document">