I have a React + Rails chat application and I want to add attachments to the same.
I'm using React Dropzone component to do attach images. Every time an image successfully gets added to the dropzone, it calls the attachToS3 function and posts that image to S3 as well. On successful posting it sets the state of new_message_content as the url of the file.
Once, the user has uploaded all the files, they can click on send which inserts the new_message_content as a new message in the conversation.
Since, I'm allowing users to add multiple files at the same time therefore my state only contains the url of the last uploaded file and not an array of all the URL's.
My dropzone is being rendered as follows:
renderFileDropzone() {
let componentConfig = { postUrl: 'random_url'},
djsConfig = { autoProcessQueue: true, addRemoveLinks: true },
eventHandlers = { addedfile: this.attachToS3.bind(this) };
return(
<div>
<div className="dashboard-modal">
<div className="dashboard-modal-content">
<div className="dashboard-modal-header">
<h5>Send files to {this.state.counterparty.name}</h5>
<span onClick={this.closeDropzone.bind(this)} className="icon-cancel modal-close"></span>
</div>
<form>
<div className="dashboard-modal-body">
<DropzoneComponent config={componentConfig} eventHandlers = {eventHandlers} djsConfig = {djsConfig} />
<button onClick={this.sendMessage.bind(this)} type="submit" className="btn btn-secondary">Send Files</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<div className="modal-bg bg-transparent-black"></div>
</div>
)
}
Now, my Dropzone component allows multiple file uploads at the same time but since I can't do a direct upload to Amazon S3 of multiple files at the same time so I pass the files, one by one.
attachToS3 function
attachToS3(file) {
let self = this;
API.get('user/s3_post_attachment', {filename : file.name}, function (s3_params) {
let formData = new FormData();
Object.keys(s3_params.formdata).forEach(function(k) {
formData.append(k, s3_params.formdata[k]);
});
formData.append('file', file);
$.ajax({
url: s3_params.url,
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
async: true,
dataType: "xml",
success: function (data) {
let file_url = $(data).find('Location').html();
self.setState({ new_message_content : file_url });
},
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false
});
});
}
I tried adding a localStorage to my attachToS3 function, like this:
var url_array = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('allFiles'));
if (url_array == null) url_array = [];
var url = {
'url' : file_url
};
localStorage.setItem('url', JSON.stringify(url));
url_array.push(url);
localStorage.setItem('allURL', JSON.stringify(url_array));
But it's not working and I'm getting an error url_array.push is not a function.
Is there any way to get all the file url's in an array?
I'm using jQuery and Ajax for my forms to submit data and files but I'm not sure how to send both data and files in one form?
I currently do almost the same with both methods but the way in which the data is gathered into an array is different, the data uses .serialize(); but the files use = new FormData($(this)[0]);
Is it possible to combine both methods to be able to upload files and data in one form through Ajax?
Data jQuery, Ajax and html
$("form#data").submit(function(){
var formData = $(this).serialize();
$.ajax({
url: window.location.pathname,
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
async: false,
success: function (data) {
alert(data)
},
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false
});
return false;
});
<form id="data" method="post">
<input type="text" name="first" value="Bob" />
<input type="text" name="middle" value="James" />
<input type="text" name="last" value="Smith" />
<button>Submit</button>
</form>
Files jQuery, Ajax and html
$("form#files").submit(function(){
var formData = new FormData($(this)[0]);
$.ajax({
url: window.location.pathname,
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
async: false,
success: function (data) {
alert(data)
},
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false
});
return false;
});
<form id="files" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="image" type="file" />
<button>Submit</button>
</form>
How can I combine the above so that I can send data and files in one form via Ajax?
My aim is to be able to send all of this form in one post with Ajax, is it possible?
<form id="datafiles" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="text" name="first" value="Bob" />
<input type="text" name="middle" value="James" />
<input type="text" name="last" value="Smith" />
<input name="image" type="file" />
<button>Submit</button>
</form>
The problem I had was using the wrong jQuery identifier.
You can upload data and files with one form using ajax.
PHP + HTML
<?php
print_r($_POST);
print_r($_FILES);
?>
<form id="data" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="text" name="first" value="Bob" />
<input type="text" name="middle" value="James" />
<input type="text" name="last" value="Smith" />
<input name="image" type="file" />
<button>Submit</button>
</form>
jQuery + Ajax
$("form#data").submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var formData = new FormData(this);
$.ajax({
url: window.location.pathname,
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
success: function (data) {
alert(data)
},
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false
});
});
Short Version
$("form#data").submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var formData = new FormData(this);
$.post($(this).attr("action"), formData, function(data) {
alert(data);
});
});
another option is to use an iframe and set the form's target to it.
you may try this (it uses jQuery):
function ajax_form($form, on_complete)
{
var iframe;
if (!$form.attr('target'))
{
//create a unique iframe for the form
iframe = $("<iframe></iframe>").attr('name', 'ajax_form_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 999999)).hide().appendTo($('body'));
$form.attr('target', iframe.attr('name'));
}
if (on_complete)
{
iframe = iframe || $('iframe[name="' + $form.attr('target') + '"]');
iframe.load(function ()
{
//get the server response
var response = iframe.contents().find('body').text();
on_complete(response);
});
}
}
it works well with all browsers, you don't need to serialize or prepare the data.
one down side is that you can't monitor the progress.
also, at least for chrome, the request will not appear in the "xhr" tab of the developer tools but under "doc"
I was having this same issue in ASP.Net MVC with HttpPostedFilebase and instead of using form on Submit I needed to use button on click where I needed to do some stuff and then if all OK the submit form so here is how I got it working
$(".submitbtn").on("click", function(e) {
var form = $("#Form");
// you can't pass Jquery form it has to be javascript form object
var formData = new FormData(form[0]);
//if you only need to upload files then
//Grab the File upload control and append each file manually to FormData
//var files = form.find("#fileupload")[0].files;
//$.each(files, function() {
// var file = $(this);
// formData.append(file[0].name, file[0]);
//});
if ($(form).valid()) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: $(form).prop("action"),
//dataType: 'json', //not sure but works for me without this
data: formData,
contentType: false, //this is requireded please see answers above
processData: false, //this is requireded please see answers above
//cache: false, //not sure but works for me without this
error : ErrorHandler,
success : successHandler
});
}
});
this will than correctly populate your MVC model, please make sure in your Model, The Property for HttpPostedFileBase[] has the same name as the Name of the input control in html i.e.
<input id="fileupload" type="file" name="UploadedFiles" multiple>
public class MyViewModel
{
public HttpPostedFileBase[] UploadedFiles { get; set; }
}
Or shorter:
$("form#data").submit(function() {
var formData = new FormData(this);
$.post($(this).attr("action"), formData, function() {
// success
});
return false;
});
EDIT: with the new version of JQuery (3.6), you could also try using contentType function argument instead of enctype. Try contentType: multipart/form-data.
For me, it didn't work without enctype: 'multipart/form-data' field in the Ajax request. I hope it helps someone who is stuck in a similar problem.
Even though the enctype was already set in the form attribute, for some reason, the Ajax request didn't automatically identify the enctype without explicit declaration (jQuery 3.3.1).
// Tested, this works for me (jQuery 3.3.1)
fileUploadForm.submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: $(this).attr('action'),
enctype: 'multipart/form-data',
data: new FormData(this),
processData: false,
contentType: false,
success: function (data) {
console.log('Thank God it worked!');
}
}
);
});
// enctype field was set in the form but Ajax request didn't set it by default.
<form action="process/file-upload" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" >
<input type="file" name="input-file" accept="text/plain" required>
...
</form>
As others mentioned above, please also pay special attention to the contentType and processData fields.
A Simple but more effective way:
new FormData() is itself like a container (or a bag). You can put everything attr or file in itself.
The only thing you'll need to append the attribute, file, fileName eg:
let formData = new FormData()
formData.append('input', input.files[0], input.files[0].name)
and just pass it in AJAX request. Eg:
let formData = new FormData()
var d = $('#fileid')[0].files[0]
formData.append('fileid', d);
formData.append('inputname', value);
$.ajax({
url: '/yourroute',
method: 'POST',
contentType: false,
processData: false,
data: formData,
success: function(res){
console.log('successfully')
},
error: function(){
console.log('error')
}
})
You can append n number of files or data with FormData.
and if you're making AJAX Request from Script.js file to Route file in Node.js beware of using
req.body to access data (ie text)
req.files to access file (ie image, video etc)
The code below works for me
$(function () {
debugger;
document.getElementById("FormId").addEventListener("submit", function (e) {
debugger;
if (ValidDateFrom()) { // Check Validation
var form = e.target;
if (form.getAttribute("enctype") === "multipart/form-data") {
debugger;
if (form.dataset.ajax) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopImmediatePropagation();
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open(form.method, form.action);
xhr.onreadystatechange = function (result) {
debugger;
if (xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 200) {
debugger;
var responseData = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
SuccessMethod(responseData); // Redirect to your Success method
}
};
xhr.send(new FormData(form));
}
}
}
}, true);
});
In your Action Post Method, pass parameter as HttpPostedFileBase UploadFile and make sure your file input has same as mentioned in your parameter of the Action Method.
It should work with AJAX Begin form as well.
Remember over here that your AJAX BEGIN Form will not work over here since you make your post call defined in the code mentioned above and you can reference your method in the code as per the Requirement
I know I am answering late but this is what worked for me
Just to remind, in 2022 you don't need to use jquery. Try js standard Fetch API
var formData = new FormData(this);
fetch(url, {
method: 'POST',
body: formData
})
.then(response => {
if(response.ok) {
//success
alert(response);
} else {
throw Error('Server error');
}
})
.catch(error => {
console.log('fail', error);
});
This is a solution that I implemented
var formData = new FormData();
var files = $('input[type=file]');
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
if (files[i].value == "" || files[i].value == null) {
return false;
}
else {
formData.append(files[i].name, files[i].files[0]);
}
}
var formSerializeArray = $("#Form").serializeArray();
for (var i = 0; i < formSerializeArray.length; i++) {
formData.append(formSerializeArray[i].name, formSerializeArray[i].value)
}
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
cache: false,
url: '/Controller/Action',
success: function (response) {
if (response.Success == true) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
},
error: function () {
return false;
},
failure: function () {
return false;
}
});
---Solution for DOT NET CORE MVC Implementation---
While looking at this question I though I should right .NET CORE implementation for this because the question is not specific to any backend language.
So guys here is the standalone implementation example.
Objective :- To submit form fields including files and how we can get data in a single model at backend
HTML Code / View Code - Views/Home/Index.cshtml
#{
ViewData["Title"] = "Home Page";
}
<input type="file" id="FileUpload1" multiple />
<div>
<label>Enter First Name :</label>
<input type="text" id="nameText" maxlength="50" />
</div>
<input type="button" id="btnUpload" value="Submit Form with Files" />
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#btnUpload').click(function () {
// Checking whether FormData is available in browser
if (window.FormData !== undefined) {
var fileUpload = $("#FileUpload1").get(0);
var files = fileUpload.files;
// Create FormData object
var fileData = new FormData();
// Looping over all files and add it to FormData object
for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
fileData.append("files", files[i]);
}
// Adding one more key to FormData object
fileData.append('FirstName', $("#nameText").val());
$.ajax({
url: '/Home/UploadFiles',
type: "POST",
contentType: false, // Not to set any content header
processData: false, // Not to process data
data: fileData,
success: function (result) {
alert(result);
},
error: function (err) {
alert(err.statusText);
}
});
} else {
alert("FormData is not supported.");
}
});
});
</script>
Backend Code / Controller action method Controllers/HomeController.cs
public class HomeController : Controller
{
private readonly ILogger<HomeController> _logger;
private readonly IWebHostEnvironment _environment;
public HomeController(ILogger<HomeController> logger, IWebHostEnvironment environment)
{
_logger = logger;
_environment = environment;
}
public IActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public IActionResult Privacy()
{
return View();
}
[HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> UploadFiles(MyForm myForm)
{
var files = myForm.Files;
// First Name
string name = myForm.FirstName;
// check All files
foreach (IFormFile source in files)
{
string filename = ContentDispositionHeaderValue.Parse(source.ContentDisposition).FileName.Trim('"');
filename = this.EnsureCorrectFilename(filename);
string fileWithPath = this.GetPathAndFilename(filename);
// Create directory if not exist
Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(fileWithPath));
using (FileStream output = System.IO.File.Create(fileWithPath))
await source.CopyToAsync(output);
}
return Ok("Success");
}
[ResponseCache(Duration = 0, Location = ResponseCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)]
public IActionResult Error()
{
return View(new ErrorViewModel { RequestId = Activity.Current?.Id ?? HttpContext.TraceIdentifier });
}
public class MyForm
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public IList<IFormFile> Files { get; set; }
}
private string EnsureCorrectFilename(string filename)
{
if (filename.Contains("\\"))
filename = filename.Substring(filename.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);
return filename;
}
private string GetPathAndFilename(string filename)
{
return Path.Combine(_environment.ContentRootPath, "uploadedFiles", filename);
}
}
Full Source Code Repo: https://github.com/rj-learning/DotNetCoreFileUpload
In my case I had to make a POST request, which had information sent through the header, and also a file sent using a FormData object.
I made it work using a combination of some of the answers here, so basically what ended up working was having this five lines in my Ajax request:
contentType: "application/octet-stream",
enctype: 'multipart/form-data',
contentType: false,
processData: false,
data: formData,
Where formData was a variable created like this:
var file = document.getElementById('uploadedFile').files[0];
var form = $('form')[0];
var formData = new FormData(form);
formData.append("File", file);
you can just append them on your formdata, add your files and datas in it.you can read this..
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData/append
for better understanding. you can separately retrieve them $_FILES for your files and $_POST for your data.
<form id="form" method="post" action="otherpage.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="text" name="first" value="Bob" />
<input type="text" name="middle" value="James" />
<input type="text" name="last" value="Smith" />
<input name="image" type="file" />
<button type='button' id='submit_btn'>Submit</button>
</form>
<script>
$(document).on("click", "#submit_btn", function (e) {
//Prevent Instant Click
e.preventDefault();
// Create an FormData object
var formData = $("#form").submit(function (e) {
return;
});
//formData[0] contain form data only
// You can directly make object via using form id but it require all ajax operation inside $("form").submit(<!-- Ajax Here -->)
var formData = new FormData(formData[0]);
$.ajax({
url: $('#form').attr('action'),
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
success: function (response) {
console.log(response);
},
contentType: false,
processData: false,
cache: false
});
return false;
});
</script>
///// otherpage.php
<?php
print_r($_FILES);
?>
I newbie in this webpage area and I was try to upload image to my file by using ajax and send it to php. But I have done some coding here. Can some one correct me where I'am wrong ?
here is my form with file upload and a button
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="">
<input type="file" name="images" id="images" multiple="" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" id="harlo">
</form>
Once I click on button the file will send it here and receive the src and ajax to php file
but I guess is about getting source problem. Need some one correct it for me.
(function upload() {
var input2 = document.getElementById("harlo"),
formdata = false;
if (window.FormData) {
formdata = new FormData();
}
input2.addEventListener("click", function () {
var i = 0, len = $('input[type="file"]')[0].files;
for ( ; i < len.length; i++ ) {
file = len.files[i];
if (formdata) {
formdata.append("images", file);
}
}
if (formdata) {
$.ajax({
url: "upload.php",
type: "POST",
data: formdata,
processData: false,
contentType: false,
success: function (res) {
document.getElementById("response").innerHTML = res;
}
});
}
}, false);
}());
<?php
foreach ($_FILES["images"]["error"] as $key => $error) {
if ($error == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) {
$name = $_FILES["images"]["name"][$key];
move_uploaded_file( $_FILES["images"]["tmp_name"][$key], "uploads/" . $_FILES['images']['name'][$key]);
}
}
echo "<h2>Successfully Uploaded Images</h2>";
?>
Use something like:
$("form").on("submit", function(
// Your ajax request goes here
$.ajax({
url: "upload.php",
type: "POST",
data: $("form").serialize(),
processData: false,
contentType: false,
success: function (res) {
$("#response").innerHTML = res;
}
});
return false;
));
But there seems to be a problem with sending files trough ajax anyway. Cause they're missed by the serialize() method because JS has no access to files content on users computer. So the form must be sent to the server to get the file data.
See here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4545089/1652031
Without using any forms whatsoever, can I just send a file/files from <input type="file"> to 'upload.php' using POST method using jQuery. The input tag is not inside any form tag. It stands individually. So I don't want to use jQuery plugins like 'ajaxForm' or 'ajaxSubmit'.
You can use FormData to submit your data by a POST request. Here is a simple example:
var myFormData = new FormData();
myFormData.append('pictureFile', pictureInput.files[0]);
$.ajax({
url: 'upload.php',
type: 'POST',
processData: false, // important
contentType: false, // important
dataType : 'json',
data: myFormData
});
You don't have to use a form to make an ajax request, as long as you know your request setting (like url, method and parameters data).
All answers here are still using the FormData API. It is like a "multipart/form-data" upload without a form. You can also upload the file directly as content inside the body of the POST request using xmlHttpRequest like this:
var xmlHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
var file = ...file handle...
var fileName = ...file name...
var target = ...target...
var mimeType = ...mime type...
xmlHttpRequest.open('POST', target, true);
xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', mimeType);
xmlHttpRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-Disposition', 'attachment; filename="' + fileName + '"');
xmlHttpRequest.send(file);
Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers are used for explaining what we are sending (mime-type and file name).
I posted similar answer also here.
UPDATE (January 2023):
You can also use the Fetch API to upload a file directly as binary content (as also was suggested in the comments).
const file = ...file handle...
const fileName = ...file name...
const target = ...target...
const mimeType = ...mime type...
const promise = fetch(target, {
method: 'POST',
body: file,
headers: {
'Content-Type': mimeType,
'Content-Disposition', `attachment; filename="${fileName}"`,
},
},
});
promise.then(
(response) => { /*...do something with response*/ },
(error) => { /*...handle error*/ },
);
See also a related question here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48568899/1697459
Step 1: Create HTML Page where to place the HTML Code.
Step 2: In the HTML Code Page Bottom(footer)Create Javascript: and put Jquery Code in Script tag.
Step 3: Create PHP File and php code copy past. after Jquery Code in $.ajax Code url apply which one on your php file name.
JS
//$(document).on("change", "#avatar", function() { // If you want to upload without a submit button
$(document).on("click", "#upload", function() {
var file_data = $("#avatar").prop("files")[0]; // Getting the properties of file from file field
var form_data = new FormData(); // Creating object of FormData class
form_data.append("file", file_data) // Appending parameter named file with properties of file_field to form_data
form_data.append("user_id", 123) // Adding extra parameters to form_data
$.ajax({
url: "/upload_avatar", // Upload Script
dataType: 'script',
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
data: form_data, // Setting the data attribute of ajax with file_data
type: 'post',
success: function(data) {
// Do something after Ajax completes
}
});
});
HTML
<input id="avatar" type="file" name="avatar" />
<button id="upload" value="Upload" />
Php
print_r($_FILES);
print_r($_POST);
Basing on this tutorial, here a very basic way to do that:
$('your_trigger_element_selector').on('click', function(){
var data = new FormData();
data.append('input_file_name', $('your_file_input_selector').prop('files')[0]);
// append other variables to data if you want: data.append('field_name_x', field_value_x);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
processData: false, // important
contentType: false, // important
data: data,
url: your_ajax_path,
dataType : 'json',
// in PHP you can call and process file in the same way as if it was submitted from a form:
// $_FILES['input_file_name']
success: function(jsonData){
...
}
...
});
});
Don't forget to add proper error handling
Try this puglin simpleUpload, no need form
Html:
<input type="file" name="arquivo" id="simpleUpload" multiple >
<button type="button" id="enviar">Enviar</button>
Javascript:
$('#simpleUpload').simpleUpload({
url: 'upload.php',
trigger: '#enviar',
success: function(data){
alert('Envio com sucesso');
}
});
A non-jquery (React) version:
JS:
function fileInputUpload(e){
let formData = new FormData();
formData.append(e.target.name, e.target.files[0]);
let response = await fetch('/api/upload', {
method: 'POST',
body: formData
});
let result = await response.json();
console.log(result.message);
}
HTML/JSX:
<input type='file' name='fileInput' onChange={(e) => this.fileInput(e)} />
You might not want to use onChange, but you can attach the uploading part to any another function.
Sorry for being that guy but AngularJS offers a simple and elegant solution.
Here is the code I use:
ngApp.controller('ngController', ['$upload',
function($upload) {
$scope.Upload = function($files, index) {
for (var i = 0; i < $files.length; i++) {
var file = $files[i];
$scope.upload = $upload.upload({
file: file,
url: '/File/Upload',
data: {
id: 1 //some data you want to send along with the file,
name: 'ABC' //some data you want to send along with the file,
},
}).progress(function(evt) {
}).success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
alert('Upload done');
}
})
.error(function(message) {
alert('Upload failed');
});
}
};
}]);
.Hidden {
display: none
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.23/angular.min.js"></script>
<div data-ng-controller="ngController">
<input type="button" value="Browse" onclick="$(this).next().click();" />
<input type="file" ng-file-select="Upload($files, 1)" class="Hidden" />
</div>
On the server side I have an MVC controller with an action the saves the files uploaded found in the Request.Files collection and returning a JsonResult.
If you use AngularJS try this out, if you don't... sorry mate :-)