I have an image as a file
var file = new File(...);
and I want to "upload" it to an input field (in order to send it to the server later when submitting my form)
<input type="hidden" id="hiddenInput" name="Files[0]"/>
Is it possible to do something like that?
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I'm trying to use the blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload plugin to programmatically send more than one file input field though the same form.
When user select form files, it just append them in a JS variable to further send them with $('#form').fileupload('send') method on form submission. My goal is to use the exactly same synchronous form I was using before in an asynchronous way. So when user click on form submit button, it prevents default action and them let the plugin to do the task, sending all form data and displaying overall upload progress.
I'm mainly following these guides:
https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/wiki/API
https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/wiki/Multiple-File-Input-Fields-in-One-Form
Actually it's almost working, but it does not send more than one input file to the server end. In fileuploadadd event I'm pushing data.files[0] (my file inputs are single file only, but each of them use different accept attributes) to a "global" uploadable array and then on form submission I use something like $('#form').fileupload('send', {files: uploadable}).
I guess I'm not doing it the right way, since only one file is being sent along with form data. What is the correct way to programmatically send more than one file input file using a single form?
I'm also not too confident about overall upload progress... If I use fileuploadprogressall event to read the upload progress will it be reporting the progress of all uploaded files?
JS (simplified)
$(function () {
var uploadable = [];
$('#form').fileupload({
autoUpload: false,
singleFileUploads: false,
add: function (event, data) {
uploadable.push(data.files[0]);
return false;
},
// other event callbacks
})
.prop('disabled', !$.support.fileInput)
.parent().addClass($.support.fileInput ? undefined : 'disabled');
$('#form').submit(function (event) {
event.preventDefault();
$('#form').fileupload('send', {files: uploadable});
});
});
HTML
<form id="form" action="upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<!-- other text/hidden inputs that will also be sent -->
<input type="file" name="image" id="image" accept="image/*" />
<input type="file" name="video" id="video" accept="video/*" />
</form>
uploadable.push(data.files[0])
You vividly told the compiler to only push the first file.
Have you tried using foreach and push all files?
Thank you,
I have a html link which opens a Smartsheet form in new window so our online customers can fill out the form.
I would like to pass the value of a TextField (product name or product code) in my existing form to my smartsheet form. This would help my customers as they would not have to write the product name or product code a second time.
I have the following javascript to generate the URL that links to the Smartsheet form.
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
var productName="productName.firstChild.nodeValue";
var sampleLink= "Order Sample!";
document.write(sampleLink.link("https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form?EQBCT=fbab5300a6d74cc58ae6326e267b3c4f/label.clsCaptionBold.clsFieldLabel/79019814="+productName));
// ]]></script>
The HTML code for the TextField is below:
<div class="clsField clsTextField"><label onclick="" class="clsCaptionBold clsFieldLabel" for="79019814">Product Name</label><br>
<input type="text" id="79019814" name="79019814" maxlength="4000" value=""></div>
I don't know if my javascript code is correct but when I click the link in the page I get the following message:
the form you are attempting to access is no longer active
What is the correct way to send data to a Smartsheet form?
Can I auto populate form data in a Smartsheet form?
Yes! :-)
How do I populate the form data in a Smartsheet form?
Option 1: Set a default value in the form
If the form data is always the same you can set a default value in Smartsheet's form editor. The screenshot below gives an example of this by setting the default value to 1 for the quantity.
Option 2: Pass a value in the link
A default value can be sent to the form by modifying the link and passing the value in the URL. This can be accomplished by using the field caption (in red below) for the key. For example, if my form looked like the following image I can pass in the quantity by modifying the form URL and adding &Quantity=2 to the end of the URL (note it is case sensitive).
The full URL would look something like https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form?EQBCT=ded979748e9a4a200ff56a46a6e3afae&Quantity=2
Also, the field caption might have spaces or other special characters so it is important to URL encode these as well. For example, If I wanted to pass the "Product Name" in the URL I would add &Product%20Name=laptop to the URL.
Answering the Original Question
To answer the original question, you will want your URL to look like the following to send the Product Name.
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form?EQBCT=fbab5300a6d74cc58ae6326e267b3c4f&Product%20Name=driveway
This url can be dynamically generated by building the URL with javascript or passing the data via your own custom form. Since you are using a form in your example I will show that approach (which does not require javascript).
<form action="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form" method="GET" >
<input type="hidden" name="EQBCT" value="fbab5300a6d74cc58ae6326e267b3c4f" />
<label for="productName">Product Name</label>:
<input type="text" name="Product Name" value="">
<input type="submit" name="Send" />
</form>
Note that I added a hidden element containing the EQBCT key that was in the original URL.
I am implementing the dropzone.js file upload. However I do not want dropzone to handle the uploads because it seems like they go in bursts instead of all at once. I would like my photos to be uploaded at one time. To do so users will drag and drop photos into the dropzone area. From here they choose some custom options on the images. Then I would like a user to hit a custom button. This button can perform the following.
Add photos to multiImg[] array
invoke form
After a photo is uplaoded into the dropzone I will have access to all the information about the photo. Name, size, location(on uers computer). I am just unsure how to accomplish step 1 which is to take the photos and pass them into a form via javascript.
Is this even a good approach?
<form method="post" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" accept='image/*' name="multiImg[]" id="multiImg" />
Or possibly programatically appending
<input type="file" accept='image/*' name="Img" id="Img" />
Tags to the form and then submitting the form when done would be acceptable as well.
Can you dynamically add to the FileList for an input?
This got me closer to a solution.
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
formData = new FormData();
formData.append("" + paramNm + (this.uploadMult ? "[]" : ""), file, fileName);
xhr.send(formData);
Well, I have a lot of input fields in a form, some of them are like this:
<input name="agents[]" type="file" />
Moreover suppose there is a plus button besides this field like this:
<img src="plus.jpg" id="some_id" />
A user can add more agents field in addition to the one field present already.
So I was wondering how would I handle these kind of input fields when submitting form data through Ajax? Using JavaScript objects perhaps?
What's the main problem?
For Ajax uploading i'm using https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload
For handling dinamic form contents i use jquery .serialize()
Like this
var info = $("#additem").serialize();
$.post('/url.php', info, function(data) {
// response
}, 'json');
"additem" is the id of the form
<form id="additem">
I have following problem. I have input field in form, type of file:
<FORM action="http://server.com/cgi/handle"
enctype="multipart/form-data"
method="post">
<P>
What is your name? <INPUT type="text" name="submit-name"><BR>
What files are you sending? <INPUT type="file" name="files"><BR>
<INPUT type="submit" value="Send"> <INPUT type="reset">
</FORM>
I am setting using JavaScript also files property of this input and I want this input on submit of form send the file property instead of his value. Is it possible to do so?
var data = e.dataTransfer;
var input = dojo.byId(inputName);
var file = data.files[i];
input.files[0] = file;
data is a datatransfer object, I am getting files from there.
I know, it will be possible only in few browsers, I dont care. I just need to get it working at least in FF.
So if I understand you correctly you drop some files and you want to populate a file input object
I see a drop example here http://help.dottoro.com/ljslrhdh.php
but to populate the file field you will need a pretty heavy privilege change using a signed script - UniversalFileRead is probably the one you need