Get data from file input in JQuery
JqueryFileFile UploadBase64Html InputJquery Problem Overview
I actually have a file input and I would like to retrieve the Base64 data of the file.
I tried:
$('input#myInput')[0].files[0]
to retrieve the data. But it only provides the name, the length, the content type but not the data itself.
I actually need these data to send them to Amazon S3
I already test the API and when I send the data through html form with encode type "multipart/form-data" it works.
I use this plugin : http://jasny.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#fileupload
And this plugins gives me a preview of the picture and I retrieve data in the src attribute of the image preview. But when I send these data to S3 it does not work. I maybe need to encode the data like "multipart/form-data" but I don't know why.
Is there a way to retrieve these data without using an html form?
Jquery Solutions
Solution 1 - Jquery
input file element:
<input type="file" id="fileinput" />
get file :
var myFile = $('#fileinput').prop('files');
Solution 2 - Jquery
You can try the FileReader API. Do something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function handleFileSelect()
{
if (!window.File || !window.FileReader || !window.FileList || !window.Blob) {
alert('The File APIs are not fully supported in this browser.');
return;
}
var input = document.getElementById('fileinput');
if (!input) {
alert("Um, couldn't find the fileinput element.");
}
else if (!input.files) {
alert("This browser doesn't seem to support the `files` property of file inputs.");
}
else if (!input.files[0]) {
alert("Please select a file before clicking 'Load'");
}
else {
var file = input.files[0];
var fr = new FileReader();
fr.onload = receivedText;
//fr.readAsText(file);
//fr.readAsBinaryString(file); //as bit work with base64 for example upload to server
fr.readAsDataURL(file);
}
}
function receivedText() {
document.getElementById('editor').appendChild(document.createTextNode(fr.result));
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="file" id="fileinput"/>
<input type='button' id='btnLoad' value='Load' onclick='handleFileSelect();' />
<div id="editor"></div>
</body>
</html>
Solution 3 - Jquery
I created a form data object and appended the file:
var form = new FormData();
form.append("video", $("#fileInput")[0].files[0]);
and i got:
------WebKitFormBoundaryNczYRonipfsmaBOK
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="video"; filename="Wildlife.wmv"
Content-Type: video/x-ms-wmv
in the headers sent. I can confirm this works because my file was sent and stored in a folder on my server. If you don't know how to use the FormData object there is some documentation online, but not much. Form Data Object Explination by Mozilla
Solution 4 - Jquery
Html:
<input type="file" name="input-file" id="input-file">
jQuery:
var fileToUpload = $('#input-file').prop('files')[0];
We want to get first element only, because prop('files') returns array.
Solution 5 - Jquery
input element, of type file
<input id="fileInput" type="file" />
On your input change use the FileReader object and read your input file property:
$('#fileInput').on('change', function () {
var fileReader = new FileReader();
fileReader.onload = function () {
var data = fileReader.result; // data <-- in this var you have the file data in Base64 format
};
fileReader.readAsDataURL($('#fileInput').prop('files')[0]);
});
FileReader will load your file and in fileReader.result you have the file data in Base64 format (also the file content-type (MIME), text/plain, image/jpg, etc)
Solution 6 - Jquery
FileReader API with jQuery, simple example.
( function ( $ ) {
// Add click event handler to button
$( '#load-file' ).click( function () {
if ( ! window.FileReader ) {
return alert( 'FileReader API is not supported by your browser.' );
}
var $i = $( '#file' ), // Put file input ID here
input = $i[0]; // Getting the element from jQuery
if ( input.files && input.files[0] ) {
file = input.files[0]; // The file
fr = new FileReader(); // FileReader instance
fr.onload = function () {
// Do stuff on onload, use fr.result for contents of file
$( '#file-content' ).append( $( '<div/>' ).html( fr.result ) )
};
//fr.readAsText( file );
fr.readAsDataURL( file );
} else {
// Handle errors here
alert( "File not selected or browser incompatible." )
}
} );
} )( jQuery );
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="file" id="file" />
<input type='button' id='load-file' value='Load'>
<div id="file-content"></div>
To read as text... uncomment //fr.readAsText(file); line and comment fr.readAsDataURL(file);
Solution 7 - Jquery
Get file using jquery
element html:
<input id="fileInput" type="file" />
jquery code:
$("#fileInput")[0].files[0]
this work for me :)
Solution 8 - Jquery
HTML
<div class="row form-group my-2">
<div class="col-12">
<div class="">
<div class="text-center">
<label for="inpImage" class="m-2 pointer">
<img src="src/img/no-image.jpg" id="img-visor" height="120" class="rounded mx-auto d-block">
</label>
<input type="file" class="visually-hidden" accept="image/*" name="picture" id="inpImage">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
jQuery
$('#inpImage').change(()=>{
const file = $('#inpImage').prop("files")[0];
const imagen = URL.createObjectURL(file);
console.log(URL.createObjectURL(file));
$('#img-visor').attr('src', imagen);
});
Solution 9 - Jquery
<script src="~/fileupload/fileinput.min.js"></script>
<link href="~/fileupload/fileinput.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
Download above files named fileinput add the path i your index page.
<div class="col-sm-9 col-lg-5" style="margin: 0 0 0 8px;">
<input id="uploadFile1" name="file" type="file" class="file-loading"
`enter code here`accept=".pdf" multiple>
</div>
<script>
$("#uploadFile1").fileinput({
autoReplace: true,
maxFileCount: 5
});
</script>