Is it possible to read object from AJAX request on server side? - javascript

Actually, I'm trying to send video file in base64 but it the file is large (small files works fine) that's why ajax process not completed and I got 400 error.
So, I thought to send a file object like below so, I can read this object from the server-side. But I don't know if it is possible? OR is there any way through which I can handle large video file upload?
[object FileReader]
And here is my AJAX Code
var reader = new FileReader();
// this function is triggered once a call to readAsDataURL returns
reader.onload = async function(event){
var fileData = new FormData();
var fileType;
fileType = ".avi";
// console.log(my_script_vars.postID);
// fileData.append("file", event.target);
fileData.append("file", event.target.result);
fileData.append("action", "myaction");
fileData.append("filetype", fileType);
fileData.append("post_id", my_script_vars.postID);
jQuery.ajax({
url: 'https://www.reelme.app/sign-up/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
processData: false,
contentType: false,
cache: false,
data: fileData,
type: 'POST',
.......
.......
.......
});
}
Please help. Thanks in advance.

You shouldn't read the file into base64 and store everything in memory. screw that FileReader you have.
you are doing the right thing by using FormData, but a FormData can also append blob & files
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const file = new File(['abc'], 'sample.txt', { type: 'text/plain' })
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then to upload it i would suggest that you use fetch instead of jQuery that requires all those processData & other config
const url = 'https://www.reelme.app/sign-up/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php'
fetch(url, { method: 'POST', body: fd })
.then(console.log, console.error)
JSON isn't meant to handle large binary data... b/c it's no good streaming format.

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