Angular 2 provides good support for uploading files. No third party library is required.
fileChange(event) {
let fileList: FileList = event.target.files;
if(fileList.length > 0) {
let file: File = fileList[0];
let formData:FormData = new FormData();
formData.append(‘uploadFile’, file, file.name);
let headers = new Headers();
/** In Angular 5, including the header Content-Type can invalidate your request */
headers.append(‘Content-Type’, ‘multipart/form-data’);
headers.append(‘Accept’, ‘application/json’);
let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
this.http.post(`${this.apiEndPoint}`, formData, options)
.map(res => res.json())
.catch(error => Observable.throw(error))
.subscribe(
data => console.log(‘success’),
error => console.log(error)
)
}
}
using @angular/core”: “~2.0.0” and @angular/http: “~2.0.0”
From the answers above I build this with Angular 5.x
Just call uploadFile(url, file).subscribe() to trigger an upload
import { Injectable } from ‘@angular/core’;
import {HttpClient, HttpParams, HttpRequest, HttpEvent} from ‘@angular/common/http’;
import {Observable} from “rxjs”;
@Injectable()
export class UploadService {
constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }
// file from event.target.files[0]
uploadFile(url: string, file: File): Observable
let formData = new FormData();
formData.append(‘upload’, file);
let params = new HttpParams();
const options = {
params: params,
reportProgress: true,
};
const req = new HttpRequest(‘POST’, url, formData, options);
return this.http.request(req);
}
}
Use it like this in your component
// At the drag drop area
// (drop)=”onDropFile($event)”
onDropFile(event: DragEvent) {
event.preventDefault();
this.uploadFile(event.dataTransfer.files);
}
// At the drag drop area
// (dragover)=”onDragOverFile($event)”
onDragOverFile(event) {
event.stopPropagation();
event.preventDefault();
}
// At the file input element
// (change)=”selectFile($event)”
selectFile(event) {
this.uploadFile(event.target.files);
}
uploadFile(files: FileList) {
if (files.length == 0) {
console.log(“No file selected!”);
return
}
let file: File = files[0];
this.upload.uploadFile(this.appCfg.baseUrl + “/api/flash/upload”, file)
.subscribe(
event => {
if (event.type == HttpEventType.UploadProgress) {
const percentDone = Math.round(100 * event.loaded / event.total);
console.log(`File is ${percentDone}% loaded.`);
} else if (event instanceof HttpResponse) {
console.log(‘File is completely loaded!’);
}
},
(err) => {
console.log(“Upload Error:”, err);
}, () => {
console.log(“Upload done”);
}
)
}