I want to encode the uploaded files to base64 so that I can pass them to the request. The problem is that I'm using Angular 2 with Typescript and I couldn't find any info on how to do that. I found that in Javascript it can be done with canvas but I don't know how could I implement the code in Typescript.
<input type="file" class="form-control" accept="image/*" multiple
[(ngModel)]="spot.images" name="images">
So I find the solution:
compontent.ts
changeListener($event) : void {
this.readThis($event.target);
}
readThis(inputValue: any): void {
var file:File = inputValue.files[0];
var myReader:FileReader = new FileReader();
myReader.onloadend = (e) => {
this.image = myReader.result;
}
myReader.readAsDataURL(file);
}
component.html
<input type="file" accept="image/*" (change)="changeListener($event)">
Here is the answer above wrapped in a reuseable component that ties into ngmodel.
import { NgModule, Component, Input, Output, ElementRef, forwardRef } from '@angular/core';
import { ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR } from '@angular/forms';
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";
@Component({
selector: 'file-upload',
template: `<input *ngIf="showFileNameInput" id="uploadFile" class="upload-file form-control" placeholder="Choose File" [(ngModel)]="selectedFileName" disabled="disabled" />
<div class="fileUpload btn btn-primary">
<span>{{uploadButtonText}}</span>
<input type="file" class="upload" accept="*" (change)="changeListener($event)">
</div>`,
providers: [
{
provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
useExisting: forwardRef(() => FileUploadComponent),
multi: true
}
]
})
export class FileUploadComponent implements ControlValueAccessor {
selectedFileName: string = null;
@Input() showFileNameInput: boolean;
@Input() uploadButtonText: string;
writeValue(value: any) {
//Handle write value
}
propagateChange = (_: any) => { };
registerOnChange(fn) {
this.propagateChange = fn;
}
registerOnTouched() { }
changeListener($event): void {
// debugger; // uncomment this for debugging purposes
this.readThis($event.target);
}
readThis(inputValue: any): void {
// debugger; // uncomment this for debugging purposes
var file: File = inputValue.files[0];
var myReader: FileReader = new FileReader();
myReader.onloadend = (e) => {
this.propagateChange(myReader.result);
this.selectedFileName = file.name;
}
myReader.readAsDataURL(file);
}
}
@NgModule({
declarations: [
FileUploadComponent
],
imports: [FormsModule],
exports: [
FileUploadComponent
]
})
export class FileUploadModule { }
Which can be used like
<file-upload [showFileNameInput]="true" allowedTypes="image/*" uploadButtonText="Upload File" [(ngModel)]="someProperty"></file-upload>
Also some css that helped it blend into bootstrap on my site
/********************************/
/* File Upload */
.fileUpload {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
.fileUpload input.upload {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-size: 20px;
cursor: pointer;
opacity: 0;
filter: alpha(opacity=0);
}
.upload-file {
&.form-control {
width: auto;
display: inherit;
}
}
You can create a Wrapper class for the FileReader class to return an observable.Subscribe for it and on success use the .target to get the base64 for do whatever you want.
import {ReplaySubject} from "rxjs/ReplaySubject";
import {Observable} from "rxjs/Observable";
export class ObservableFileReader {
constructor(){}
public readFile(fileToRead: File): Observable<MSBaseReader>{
let base64Observable = new ReplaySubject<MSBaseReader>(1);
let fileReader = new FileReader();
fileReader.onload = event => {
base64Observable.next(fileReader.result);
};
fileReader.readAsDataURL(fileToRead);
return base64Observable;
}
}
A possible solution using Rxjs
import { fromEvent } from 'rxjs';
import { pluck } from 'rxjs/operators';
onUploadImage(event) {
if (event.target.files.length > 0) {
const fileReader = new FileReader();
let imageToUpload = event.target.files.item(0);
this.imageToBase64(fileReader, imageToUpload)
.subscribe(base64image => {
// do something with base64 image..
});
}
}
imageToBase64(fileReader: FileReader, fileToRead: File): Observable<string> {
fileReader.readAsDataURL(fileToRead);
return fromEvent(fileReader, 'load').pipe(pluck('currentTarget', 'result'));
}