file-upload-with-preview

This is a simple frontend utility to help the file-upload process on your website. It is written in pure JavaScript, has no dependencies, and is a small 13.55 kB (gzipped). You can check out the live demo here.

For the most part, browsers do a good job of handling image-uploads. That being said - we find that the ability to show our users a preview of their upload can go a long way in increasing the confidence in their upload.

file-upload-with-preview aims to address the issue of showing a preview of a user's uploaded image in a simple to use package.

Features

Shows the actual image preview in the case of a single uploaded .jpg, .jpeg, or .png image. Shows a success-image in the case of an uploaded .pdf file, uploaded video, or other uploaded file - so the user knows their image was collected successfully. In the case of multiple selcted files, the user will be shown a success-image that indicates multiple files were selected.
Shows the image name in the input bar. Shows the count of selected images in the case of multiple selections within the same input.
Allows the user to clear their upload.
Looks great - styling based on Bootstrap 4's custom file-upload style.
Framework agnostic - to access the uploaded file/files just use the cachedFileArray (always will be an array) property of your FileUploadWithPreview object.
For every file-group you want just initialize another FileUploadWithPreview object with its own uniqueId - this way you can have multiple file-uploads on the same page. You also can just use a single input designated with a multiple property to allow multiple files on the same input.

Installation

# npm
npm install --save file-upload-with-preview

# yarn
yarn add file-upload-with-preview

Or you can include it through the browser at the bottom of your page:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/file-upload-with-preview"></script>

Usage

When installed through npm or yarn:

// using require
const FileUploadWithPreview = require('file-upload-with-preview')

// using import
import FileUploadWithPreview from 'file-upload-with-preview'

// initialize a new FileUploadWithPreview object
const upload = new FileUploadWithPreview('myUniqueUploadId')

...or through the browser:

<script>
	var upload = new FileUploadWithPreview('myUniqueUploadId')
</script>

You'll also want to include the css in your <head></head>:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://unpkg.com/file-upload-with-preview/dist/file-upload-with-preview.min.css">

The JavaScript looks for a specific set of HTML elements to display the file input, label, image preview, and clear-button. Make sure to populate the custom-file-container element with the uniqueId:

<div class="custom-file-container" data-upload-id="myFirstImage">
    <label>Upload File <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="custom-file-container__image-clear" title="Clear Image">x</a></label>
    <label class="custom-file-container__custom-file" >
        <input type="file" class="custom-file-container__custom-file__custom-file-input" accept="*" multiple>
        <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="10485760" />
        <span class="custom-file-container__custom-file__custom-file-control"></span>
    </label>
    <div class="custom-file-container__image-preview"></div>
</div>

Then when you're ready to use the user's file for an API call or whatever, just access the user's uploaded file/files in the cachedFileArray property of your initialized object like this:

upload.cachedFileArray

Note

The cachedFileArray property is always an array. So if you are only allowing the user to upload a single file, you can access that file at cachedFileArray[0] - otherwise just send the entire array to your backend to handle it normally.

Full Example

<html>
    <head>
        ...
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://unpkg.com/file-upload-with-preview/dist/file-upload-with-preview.min.css">

        <!-- You'll want to make sure to at least set a width on the -->
        <!-- .custom-file-container class... -->
        ...
    </head>
    <body>

        ...

        <div class="custom-file-container" data-upload-id="myUniqueUploadId">
            <label>Upload File <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="custom-file-container__image-clear" title="Clear Image">x</a></label>

            <label class="custom-file-container__custom-file" >
                <input type="file" class="custom-file-container__custom-file__custom-file-input" accept="*" multiple>
                <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="10485760" />
                <span class="custom-file-container__custom-file__custom-file-control"></span>
            </label>
            <div class="custom-file-container__image-preview"></div>
        </div>

        ...

        <script src="https://unpkg.com/file-upload-with-preview"></script>
        <script>
            var upload = new FileUploadWithPreview('myUniqueUploadId')
        </script>

    </body>
</html>

In this example we set the MAX_FILE_SIZE value to 10485760 (10MB), the accepted images to * (everything), and designate multiple to allow the user to select multiple files - you can adjust those settings to whatever you like. For example, if you'd like to limit uploads to only images and pdf's and only allow a single file upload use the following:

<input type="file" class="custom-file-container__custom-file__custom-file-input" accept="application/pdf,image/*">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="10485760" />

Testing

Use npm run test to run the tests.

Development

Clone the repo, then use the following to work on the project locally:

npm install

# watch changes
npm run watch

# when done working
npm run build

Other

Go ahead and fork the project! Submit an issue if needed. Have fun!

License

Copywrite 2017 Promosis

MIT

Pandahisham / file-upload-with-preview