How to use FormData for AJAX file upload?
JavascriptJqueryAjaxFile UploadJavascript Problem Overview
This is my HTML which I'm generating dynamically using drag and drop functionality.
<form method="POST" id="contact" name="13" class="form-horizontal wpc_contact" novalidate="novalidate" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<fieldset>
<div id="legend" class="">
<legend class="">file demoe 1</legend>
<div id="alert-message" class="alert hidden"></div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<!-- Text input-->
<label class="control-label" for="input01">Text input</label>
<div class="controls">
<input type="text" placeholder="placeholder" class="input-xlarge" name="name">
<p class="help-block" style="display:none;">text_input</p>
</div>
<div class="control-group"> </div>
<label class="control-label">File Button</label>
<!-- File Upload -->
<div class="controls">
<input class="input-file" id="fileInput" type="file" name="file">
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<!-- Button -->
<div class="controls">
<button class="btn btn-success">Button</button>
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
This is my JavaScript code:
<script>
$('.wpc_contact').submit(function(event){
var formname = $('.wpc_contact').attr('name');
var form = $('.wpc_contact').serialize();
var FormData = new FormData($(form)[1]);
$.ajax({
url : '<?php echo plugins_url(); ?>'+'/wpc-contact-form/resources/js/tinymce.php',
data : {form:form,formname:formname,ipadd:ipadd,FormData:FormData},
type : 'POST',
processData: false,
contentType: false,
success : function(data){
alert(data);
}
});
}
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
For correct form data usage you need to do 2 steps.
Preparations
You can give your whole form to FormData() for processing
var form = $('form')[0]; // You need to use standard javascript object here
var formData = new FormData(form);
or specify exact data for FormData()
var formData = new FormData();
formData.append('section', 'general');
formData.append('action', 'previewImg');
// Attach file
formData.append('image', $('input[type=file]')[0].files[0]);
Sending form
Ajax request with jquery will looks like this:
$.ajax({
url: 'Your url here',
data: formData,
type: 'POST',
contentType: false, // NEEDED, DON'T OMIT THIS (requires jQuery 1.6+)
processData: false, // NEEDED, DON'T OMIT THIS
// ... Other options like success and etc
});
After this it will send ajax request like you submit regular form with enctype="multipart/form-data"
Update: This request cannot work without type:"POST" in options since all files must be sent via POST request.
Note: contentType: false only available from jQuery 1.6 onwards
Solution 2 - Javascript
I can't add a comment above as I do not have enough reputation, but the above answer was nearly perfect for me, except I had to add
type: "POST"
to the .ajax call. I was scratching my head for a few minutes trying to figure out what I had done wrong, that's all it needed and works a treat. So this is the whole snippet:
Full credit to the answer above me, this is just a small tweak to that. This is just in case anyone else gets stuck and can't see the obvious.
$.ajax({
url: 'Your url here',
data: formData,
type: "POST", //ADDED THIS LINE
// THIS MUST BE DONE FOR FILE UPLOADING
contentType: false,
processData: false,
// ... Other options like success and etc
})
Solution 3 - Javascript
<form id="upload_form" enctype="multipart/form-data">
jQuery with CodeIgniter file upload:
var formData = new FormData($('#upload_form')[0]);
formData.append('tax_file', $('input[type=file]')[0].files[0]);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: base_url + "member/upload/",
data: formData,
//use contentType, processData for sure.
contentType: false,
processData: false,
beforeSend: function() {
$('.modal .ajax_data').prepend('<img src="' +
base_url +
'"asset/images/ajax-loader.gif" />');
//$(".modal .ajax_data").html("<pre>Hold on...</pre>");
$(".modal").modal("show");
},
success: function(msg) {
$(".modal .ajax_data").html("<pre>" + msg +
"</pre>");
$('#close').hide();
},
error: function() {
$(".modal .ajax_data").html(
"<pre>Sorry! Couldn't process your request.</pre>"
); //
$('#done').hide();
}
});
you can use.
var form = $('form')[0];
var formData = new FormData(form);
formData.append('tax_file', $('input[type=file]')[0].files[0]);
or
var formData = new FormData($('#upload_form')[0]);
formData.append('tax_file', $('input[type=file]')[0].files[0]);
Both will work.
Solution 4 - Javascript
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".submit_btn").click(function (event) {
event.preventDefault();
var form = $('#fileUploadForm')[0];
var data = new FormData(form);
data.append("CustomField", "This is some extra data, testing");
$("#btnSubmit").prop("disabled", true);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
enctype: 'multipart/form-data',
url: "upload.php",
data: data,
processData: false,
contentType: false,
cache: false,
timeout: 600000,
success: function (data) {
console.log();
},
});
});
});
Solution 5 - Javascript
Better to use the native javascript to find the element by id like: document.getElementById("yourFormElementID").
$.ajax( {
url: "http://yourlocationtopost/",
type: 'POST',
data: new FormData(document.getElementById("yourFormElementID")),
processData: false,
contentType: false
} ).done(function(d) {
console.log('done');
});
Solution 6 - Javascript
$('#form-withdraw').submit(function(event) {
//prevent the form from submitting by default
event.preventDefault();
var formData = new FormData($(this)[0]);
$.ajax({
url: 'function/ajax/topup.php',
type: 'POST',
data: formData,
async: false,
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
success: function (returndata) {
if(returndata == 'success')
{
swal({
title: "Great",
text: "Your Form has Been Transfer, We will comfirm the amount you reload in 3 hours",
type: "success",
showCancelButton: false,
confirmButtonColor: "#DD6B55",
confirmButtonText: "OK",
closeOnConfirm: false
},
function(){
window.location.href = '/transaction.php';
});
}
else if(returndata == 'Offline')
{
sweetAlert("Offline", "Please use other payment method", "error");
}
}
});
});
Solution 7 - Javascript
Actually The documentation shows that you can use XMLHttpRequest().send()
to simply send multiform data
in case jquery sucks
Solution 8 - Javascript
View:
<label class="btn btn-info btn-file">
Import <input type="file" style="display: none;">
</label>
<Script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$(document).on('change', ':file', function () {
var fileUpload = $(this).get(0);
var files = fileUpload.files;
var bid = 0;
if (files.length != 0) {
var data = new FormData();
for (var i = 0; i < files.length ; i++) {
data.append(files[i].name, files[i]);
}
$.ajax({
xhr: function () {
var xhr = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
xhr.upload.onprogress = function (e) {
console.log(Math.floor(e.loaded / e.total * 100) + '%');
};
return xhr;
},
contentType: false,
processData: false,
type: 'POST',
data: data,
url: '/ControllerX/' + bid,
success: function (response) {
location.href = 'xxx/Index/';
}
});
}
});
});
</Script>
Controller:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ControllerX(string id)
{
var files = Request.Form.Files;
...
Solution 9 - Javascript
Good morning.
I was have the same problem with upload of multiple images. Solution was more simple than I had imagined: include [] in the name field.
<input type="file" name="files[]" multiple>
I did not make any modification on FormData.