Query explained:
Can I use the following jQuery code to perform file upload using POST method of an ajax request ?
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
timeout: 50000,
url: url,
data: dataString,
success: function (data) {
alert('success');
return false;
}
});
If it is possible, do I need to fill data
part? Is it the correct way? I only POST the file to the server side.
I have been googling around, but what I found was a plugin while in my plan I do not want to use it. At least for the moment.
jQuery Ajax file upload – Answer #1:
File upload is not possible through AJAX.
You can upload file, without refreshing page by using IFrame
.
You can check further details here.
UPDATE
With XHR2, File upload through AJAX is supported. E.g. through FormData
object, but unfortunately it is not supported by all/old browsers.
FormData
support starts from following desktop browsers versions.
- IE 10+
- Firefox 4.0+
- Chrome 7+
- Safari 5+
- Opera 12+
For more detail, see MDN link.
Answer #2:
Iframes are no longer needed for uploading files through ajax. I’ve recently done it by myself. Check out this:
http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileAPI/#FileReader-interface
Updated the answer and cleaned it up. Use the getSize function to check size or use getType function to check types. Added progressbar html and css code.
var Upload = function (file) {
this.file = file;
};
Upload.prototype.getType = function() {
return this.file.type;
};
Upload.prototype.getSize = function() {
return this.file.size;
};
Upload.prototype.getName = function() {
return this.file.name;
};
Upload.prototype.doUpload = function () {
var that = this;
var formData = new FormData();
// add assoc key values, this will be posts values
formData.append("file", this.file, this.getName());
formData.append("upload_file", true);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "script",
xhr: function () {
var myXhr = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
if (myXhr.upload) {
myXhr.upload.addEventListener('progress', that.progressHandling, false);
}
return myXhr;
},
success: function (data) {
// your callback here
},
error: function (error) {
// handle error
},
async: true,
data: formData,
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
timeout: 60000
});
};
Upload.prototype.progressHandling = function (event) {
var percent = 0;
var position = event.loaded || event.position;
var total = event.total;
var progress_bar_id = "#progress-wrp";
if (event.lengthComputable) {
percent = Math.ceil(position / total * 100);
}
// update progressbars classes so it fits your code
$(progress_bar_id + " .progress-bar").css("width", +percent + "%");
$(progress_bar_id + " .status").text(percent + "%");
};
How to use the Upload class
//Change id to your id
$("#ingredient_file").on("change", function (e) {
var file = $(this)[0].files[0];
var upload = new Upload(file);
// maby check size or type here with upload.getSize() and upload.getType()
// execute upload
upload.doUpload();
});
Progressbar html code
<div id="progress-wrp">
<div class="progress-bar"></div>
<div class="status">0%</div>
</div>
Progressbar css code
#progress-wrp {
border: 1px solid #0099CC;
padding: 1px;
position: relative;
height: 30px;
border-radius: 3px;
margin: 10px;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
box-shadow: inset 1px 3px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12);
}
#progress-wrp .progress-bar {
height: 100%;
border-radius: 3px;
background-color: #f39ac7;
width: 0;
box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.11);
}
#progress-wrp .status {
top: 3px;
left: 50%;
position: absolute;
display: inline-block;
color: #000000;
}
Answer #3:
Ajax post and upload file is possible. I’m using jQuery $.ajax
function to load my files. I tried to use the XHR object but could not get results on the server side with PHP.
var formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', $('#file')[0].files[0]);
$.ajax({
url : 'upload.php',
type : 'POST',
data : formData,
processData: false, // tell jQuery not to process the data
contentType: false, // tell jQuery not to set contentType
success : function(data) {
console.log(data);
alert(data);
}
});
As you can see, you must create a FormData object, empty or from (serialized? – $('#yourForm').serialize())
existing form, and then attach the input file.
For the PHP process you can use something like this:
//print_r($_FILES);
$fileName = $_FILES['file']['name'];
$fileType = $_FILES['file']['type'];
$fileError = $_FILES['file']['error'];
$fileContent = file_get_contents($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);
if($fileError == UPLOAD_ERR_OK){
//Processes your file here
}else{
switch($fileError){
case UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE:
$message = 'Error al intentar subir un archivo que excede el tamaño permitido.';
break;
case UPLOAD_ERR_FORM_SIZE:
$message = 'Error al intentar subir un archivo que excede el tamaño permitido.';
break;
case UPLOAD_ERR_PARTIAL:
$message = 'Error: no terminó la acción de subir el archivo.';
break;
case UPLOAD_ERR_NO_FILE:
$message = 'Error: ningún archivo fue subido.';
break;
case UPLOAD_ERR_NO_TMP_DIR:
$message = 'Error: servidor no configurado para carga de archivos.';
break;
case UPLOAD_ERR_CANT_WRITE:
$message= 'Error: posible falla al grabar el archivo.';
break;
case UPLOAD_ERR_EXTENSION:
$message = 'Error: carga de archivo no completada.';
break;
default: $message = 'Error: carga de archivo no completada.';
break;
}
echo json_encode(array(
'error' => true,
'message' => $message
));
}
Answer #4:
Simple Upload Form
<script>
//form Submit
$("form").submit(function(evt){
evt.preventDefault();
var formData = new FormData($(this)[0]);
$.ajax({
url: 'fileUpload',
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
async: false,
cache: false,
contentType: false,
enctype: 'multipart/form-data',
processData: false,
success: function (response) {
alert(response);
}
});
return false;
});
</script>
<!--Upload Form-->
<form>
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">File Upload</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Select File </th>
<td><input id="csv" name="csv" type="file" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<input type="submit" value="submit"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
Answer #5:
I’m pretty late for this but I was looking for an ajax based image uploading solution and the answer I was looking for was kinda scattered throughout this post. The solution I settled on involved the FormData object. I assembled a basic form of the code I put together. You can see it demonstrates how to add a custom field to the form with fd.append() as well as how to handle response data when the ajax request is done.
Upload HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Image Upload Form</title>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function submitForm() {
console.log("submit event");
var fd = new FormData(document.getElementById("fileinfo"));
fd.append("label", "WEBUPLOAD");
$.ajax({
url: "upload.php",
type: "POST",
data: fd,
processData: false, // tell jQuery not to process the data
contentType: false // tell jQuery not to set contentType
}).done(function( data ) {
console.log("PHP Output:");
console.log( data );
});
return false;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" id="fileinfo" name="fileinfo" onsubmit="return submitForm();">
<label>Select a file:</label><br>
<input type="file" name="file" required />
<input type="submit" value="Upload" />
</form>
<div id="output"></div>
</body>
</html>
In case you are working with php here’s a way to handle the upload that includes making use of both of the custom fields demonstrated in the above html.
Upload.php
<?php
if ($_POST["label"]) {
$label = $_POST["label"];
}
$allowedExts = array("gif", "jpeg", "jpg", "png");
$temp = explode(".", $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
$extension = end($temp);
if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/x-png")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/png"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 200000)
&& in_array($extension, $allowedExts)) {
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) {
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br>";
} else {
$filename = $label.$_FILES["file"]["name"];
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br>";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br>";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " kB<br>";
echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br>";
if (file_exists("uploads/" . $filename)) {
echo $filename . " already exists. ";
} else {
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
"uploads/" . $filename);
echo "Stored in: " . "uploads/" . $filename;
}
}
} else {
echo "Invalid file";
}
?>
jQuery Ajax File Upload- Answer #6:
Here’s how I got this working:
HTML
<input type="file" id="file">
<button id='process-file-button'>Process</button>
JS
$('#process-file-button').on('click', function (e) {
let files = new FormData(), // you can consider this as 'data bag'
url = 'yourUrl';
files.append('fileName', $('#file')[0].files[0]); // append selected file to the bag named 'file'
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
url: url,
processData: false,
contentType: false,
data: files,
success: function (response) {
console.log(response);
},
error: function (err) {
console.log(err);
}
});
});
PHP
if (isset($_FILES) && !empty($_FILES)) {
$file = $_FILES['fileName'];
$name = $file['name'];
$path = $file['tmp_name'];
// process your file
}
Answer #7:
Using pure js it is easier
async function saveFile(inp)
{
let formData = new FormData();
formData.append("file", inp.files[0]);
await fetch('/upload/somedata', {method: "POST", body: formData});
alert('success');
}
<input type="file" onchange="saveFile(this)" >
- In server side you can read original file name (and other info) which is automatically included to request.
- You do NOT need to set header “Content-Type” to “multipart/form-data” browser will set it automatically
- This solutions should work on all major browsers.
Here is more developed snippet with error handling, timeout and additional json sending
async function saveFile(inp)
{
let user = { name:'john', age:34 };
let formData = new FormData();
let photo = inp.files[0];
formData.append("photo", photo);
formData.append("user", JSON.stringify(user));
const ctrl = new AbortController() // timeout
setTimeout(() => ctrl.abort(), 50000);
try {
let r = await fetch('/upload/image',
{method: "POST", body: formData, signal: ctrl.signal});
console.log('HTTP response code:',r.status);
alert('success');
} catch(e) {
console.log('Huston we have problem...:', e);
}
}
<input type="file" onchange="saveFile(this)" >
<br><br>
Before selecting the file Open chrome console > network tab to see the request details.
<br><br>
<small>Because in this example we send request to the response code will be 404 ofcourse...</small>
Hope you learned something from this post.
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