Can someone explain how to implement the jQuery File Upload plugin

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EDIT  Oct 2019   6 years later and jQuery File Upload is clearly still driving folks insane  If you re finding little solace in the answers here  try a search of NPM for a modern alternative  It s not worth the hassle  I promise  I recommended Uploadify in the previous edit but  as a commenter pointed out  they no longer appear to offer a free version  Uploadify was so 2013 anyway   EDIT  This still seems to be getting traffic so I ll explain what I ended up doing  I eventually got the plugin working by following the tutorial in the accepted answer  However  jQuery File Upload is a real hassle and if you re looking for a simpler file upload plugin  I would highly recommend  Uploadify  http   www uploadify com   As an answer pointed out  it is only free for non-commercial use   Background I m trying to use blueimp s jQuery File Upload to allow users to upload files  Out of the box it works perfectly  following the setup instructions  But to use it practically on my website  I want to be able to do a couple of things   Include the uploader on any of my existing pages Change the directory for uploaded files  All the files for the plugin are located in a folder under the root  I ve tried     Moving the demo page into the root and updating the paths for the necessary scripts Changing the  upload dir  and  upload url  options in the UploadHandler php file as suggested here  Changing the URL in the second line of the demo javascript  In all cases  the preview shows  and the progress bar runs  but the files fail to upload  and I get this error in the console  Uncaught TypeError  Cannot read property  files  of undefined  I don t understand how all the parts of the plugin work which is making it difficult to debug  Code The javascript in the demo page    function       use strict      Change this to the location of your server-side upload handler  var url    file upload server php UploadHandler php       uploadButton       lt button  gt             addClass  btn            prop  disabled   true           text  Processing               on  click   function                  var  this     this                   data    this data                 this                  off  click                    text  Abort                    on  click   function                           this remove                        data abort                                    data submit   always function                       this remove                                    fileupload   fileupload       url  url      dataType   json       autoUpload  false      acceptFileTypes           gif jpe g png   i      maxFileSize  5000000     5 MB        Enable image resizing  except for Android and Opera         which actually support image resizing  but fail to        send Blob objects via XHR requests      disableImageResize   Android     Chrome  Opera           test window navigator userAgent       previewMaxWidth  100      previewMaxHeight  100      previewCrop  true    on  fileuploadadd   function  e  data        data context       lt div  gt    appendTo   files          each data files  function  index  file            var node       lt p  gt                     append     lt span  gt    text file name            if   index                node                  append   lt br gt                     append uploadButton clone true  data data                      node appendTo data context              on  fileuploadprocessalways   function  e  data        var index   data index          file   data files index           node     data context children   index        if  file preview            node              prepend   lt br gt                 prepend file preview             if  file error            node              append   lt br gt                 append file error             if  index   1     data files length            data context find  button                text  Upload                prop  disabled     data files error            on  fileuploadprogressall   function  e  data        var progress   parseInt data loaded   data total   100  10           progress  bar   css           width           progress                 on  fileuploaddone   function  e  data          each data result files  function  index  file            var link       lt a gt                 attr  target     blank                prop  href   file url             data context children   index                wrap link              on  fileuploadfail   function  e  data          each data result files  function  index  file            var error       lt span  gt    text file error             data context children   index                append   lt br gt                 append error              prop  disabled      support fileInput       parent   addClass   support fileInput   undefined    disabled          I m surprised by the lack of documentation  it seems like it should be a simple thing to change  I would appreciate if someone could explain how to do this

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This is good Angular plugin for uploading files  and its free   angular file upload

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I was looking for a similar functionality some days back and came across a good tutorial on tutorialzine  Here is an working example  Complete tutorial can be found here   Simple form to hold the file upload dialogue    lt form id  upload  method  post  action  upload php  enctype  multipart form-data  gt     lt input type  file  name  uploadctl  multiple   gt     lt ul id  fileList  gt       lt  -- The file list will be shown here -- gt     lt  ul gt   lt  form gt    And here is the jQuery code to upload the files       upload   fileupload         This function is called when a file is added to the queue   add  function  e  data          This area will contain file list and progress information      var tpl       lt li class  working  gt                      lt input type  text  value  0  data-width  48  data-height  48  data-fgColor   0788a5  data-readOnly  1  data-bgColor   3e4043    gt                      lt p gt  lt  p gt  lt span gt  lt  span gt  lt  li gt              Append the file name and file size     tpl find  p   text data files 0  name                    append   lt i gt     formatFileSize data files 0  size      lt  i gt             Add the HTML to the UL element     data context   tpl appendTo ul           Initialize the knob plugin  This part can be ignored  if you are showing progress in some other way      tpl find  input   knob            Listen for clicks on the cancel icon     tpl find  span   click function          if tpl hasClass  working                   jqXHR abort                  tpl fadeOut function                  tpl remove                              Automatically upload the file once it is added to the queue     var jqXHR   data submit           progress  function e  data               Calculate the completion percentage of the upload         var progress   parseInt data loaded   data total   100  10               Update the hidden input field and trigger a change            so that the jQuery knob plugin knows to update the dial         data context find  input   val progress  change             if progress    100               data context removeClass  working                          Helper function for calculation of progress function formatFileSize bytes        if  typeof bytes      number             return                if  bytes  gt   1000000000            return  bytes   1000000000  toFixed 2      GB              if  bytes  gt   1000000            return  bytes   1000000  toFixed 2      MB             return  bytes   1000  toFixed 2      KB       And here is the PHP code sample to process the data   if   POST         allowed   array  jpg    jpeg         if isset   FILES  uploadctl     amp  amp    FILES  uploadctl    error      0             extension   pathinfo   FILES  uploadctl    name    PATHINFO EXTENSION            if  in array strtolower  extension    allowed                echo    status   error                 exit                     if move uploaded file   FILES  uploadctl    tmp name      yourpath       extension                echo    status   success                 exit                    echo    status   error               exit        The above code can be added to any existing form  This program automatically uploads images  once they are added  This functionality can be changed and you can submit the image  while you are submitting your existing form   Updated my answer with actual code  All credits to original author of the code   Source  http   tutorialzine com 2013 05 mini-ajax-file-upload-form

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Droply js is perfect for this  It s simple and comes pre-packaged with a demo site that works out of the box

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I ve just spent 2 hours battling with jQuery Upload but gave up because of the amount of dependencies  I had 13 JS files included to get all the bells and whistles    I did a bit more searching and came across a neat project called Dropzone js  which does not have any dependencies   The author has also created a bootstrap demo which was inspired by the jQuery File Upload plugin   I hope this saves someone else some time

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Hi try bellow link it is very easy  I ve been stuck for long time and it solve my issue in few minutes  http   simpleupload michaelcbrook com  examples

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it s 2021 and here s a fantastically easy plugin to upload anything  https   pqina nl filepond  ref pqina add your element   lt input type  quot file quot   class  quot filepond quot  name  quot filepond quot   multiple  data-allow-reorder  quot true quot  data-max-file-size  quot 3MB quot  data-max-files  quot 3 quot  gt   Register any additional plugins    FilePond registerPlugin  FilePondPluginImagePreview    FilePondPluginImageExifOrientation    FilePondPluginFileValidateSize    FilePondPluginImageEdit    Then wire in the element     Select the file input and use     create   to turn it into a pond FilePond create    document querySelector  input          Use Doka js as image editor   imageEditEditor  Doka create       utils    crop    filter    color            I use this with the additional Doka image editor to upload and transform images at https   www yoodu co uk crazy simple to setup and the guys who run it are great at support  As you can tell I m a fanboy

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You can use uploadify this is the best multiupload jquery plugin i have used   The implementation is easy  the browser support is perfect

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For the UI plugin  with jsp page and Spring MVC    Sample html  Needs to be within a form element with an id attribute of fileupload       lt  -- The fileupload-buttonbar contains buttons to add delete files and start cancel the upload -- gt   lt div class  fileupload-buttonbar  gt       lt div gt           lt  -- The fileinput-button span is used to style the file input field as button -- gt           lt span class  btn btn-success fileinput-button  gt               lt i class  glyphicon glyphicon-plus  gt  lt  i gt               lt span gt Add files lt  span gt               lt input id  fileuploadInput  type  file  name  files    multiple gt           lt  span gt           lt  -- https   stackoverflow com questions 925334 how-is-the-default-submit-button-on-an-html-form-determined --  gt           lt button type  button  class  btn btn-primary start  gt               lt i class  glyphicon glyphicon-upload  gt  lt  i gt               lt span gt Start upload lt  span gt           lt  button gt           lt button type  reset  class  btn btn-warning cancel  gt               lt i class  glyphicon glyphicon-ban-circle  gt  lt  i gt               lt span gt Cancel upload lt  span gt           lt  button gt           lt  -- The global file processing state -- gt           lt span class  fileupload-process  gt  lt  span gt       lt  div gt       lt  -- The global progress state -- gt       lt div class  fileupload-progress fade  gt           lt  -- The global progress bar -- gt           lt div class  progress progress-striped active  role  progressbar  aria-valuemin  0  aria-valuemax  100  gt               lt div class  progress-bar progress-bar-success  style  width 0    gt  lt  div gt           lt  div gt           lt  -- The extended global progress state -- gt           lt div class  progress-extended  gt  amp nbsp  lt  div gt       lt  div gt   lt  div gt   lt  -- The table listing the files available for upload download -- gt   lt table role  presentation  class  table table-striped  gt  lt tbody class  files  gt  lt  tbody gt  lt  table gt    lt link rel  stylesheet  type  text css  href    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 css jquery fileupload css  gt   lt link rel  stylesheet  type  text css  href    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 css jquery fileupload-ui css  gt    lt script type  text javascript  src    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 js vendor jquery ui widget js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  src    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 js jquery iframe-transport js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  src    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 js jquery fileupload js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  src    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 js jquery fileupload-process js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  src    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 js jquery fileupload-validate js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  src    pageContext request contextPath  js jquery-file-upload-9 14 2 js jquery fileupload-ui js  gt  lt  script gt    lt script type  text javascript  gt        document  ready function                  var maxFileSizeBytes     maxFileSizeBytes           if  maxFileSizeBytes  lt  0                  -1 or any negative value means no size limit               set to undefined               https   stackoverflow com questions 5795936 how-to-set-a-javascript-var-as-undefined             maxFileSizeBytes   void 0                       https   github com blueimp jQuery-File-Upload wiki Options           https   stackoverflow com questions 34063348 jquery-file-upload-basic-plus-ui-and-i18n           https   stackoverflow com questions 11337897 how-to-customize-upload-download-template-of-blueimp-jquery-file-upload             fileupload   fileupload               url     pageContext request contextPath  app uploadResources do               fileInput      fileuploadInput                acceptFileTypes           jrxml png jpe g   i              maxFileSize  maxFileSizeBytes              messages                    acceptFileTypes     fileTypeNotAllowedText                    maxFileSize     fileTooLargeMBText                              filesContainer      files                uploadTemplateId  null              downloadTemplateId  null              uploadTemplate  function  o                    var rows                          each o files  function  index  file                        var row       lt tr class  template-upload fade  gt                                   lt td gt  lt p class  name  gt  lt  p gt                                   lt strong class  error text-danger  gt  lt  strong gt                                   lt  td gt                                   lt td gt  lt p class  size  gt  lt  p gt                                   lt div class  progress progress-striped active  role  progressbar  aria-valuemin  0  aria-valuemax  100  aria-valuenow  0  gt                                   lt div class  progress-bar progress-bar-success  style  width 0    gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt                                   lt  td gt                                   lt td gt                                   index  amp  amp   o options autoUpload                                         lt button class  btn btn-primary start  disabled gt                                           lt i class  glyphicon glyphicon-upload  gt  lt  i gt                                            lt span gt   startText  lt  span gt                                           lt  button gt                                         index     lt button class  btn btn-warning cancel  gt                                           lt i class  glyphicon glyphicon-ban-circle  gt  lt  i gt                                            lt span gt   cancelText  lt  span gt                                           lt  button gt                                         lt  td gt                                   lt  tr gt                         row find   name   text file name                       row find   size   text o formatFileSize file size                        if  file error                            row find   error   text file error                                             rows   rows add row                                       return rows                             downloadTemplate  function  o                    var rows                          each o files  function  index  file                        var row       lt tr class  template-download fade  gt                                   lt td gt  lt p class  name  gt  lt  p gt                                  file error     lt strong class  error text-danger  gt  lt  strong gt                                         lt  td gt                                   lt td gt  lt span class  size  gt  lt  span gt  lt  td gt                                   lt td gt                                  file deleteUrl     lt button class  btn btn-danger delete  gt                                           lt i class  glyphicon glyphicon-trash  gt  lt  i gt                                            lt span gt   deleteText  lt  span gt                                           lt  button gt                                         lt button class  btn btn-warning cancel  gt                                   lt i class  glyphicon glyphicon-ban-circle  gt  lt  i gt                                    lt span gt   clearText  lt  span gt                                   lt  button gt                                   lt  td gt                                   lt  tr gt                         row find   name   text file name                       row find   size   text o formatFileSize file size                        if  file error                            row find   error   text file error                                             if  file deleteUrl                            row find  button delete                                    attr  data-type   file deleteType                                   attr  data-url   file deleteUrl                                             rows   rows add row                                       return rows                                      lt  script gt    Sample upload and delete request handlers       PostMapping   app uploadResources   public  ResponseBody Map lt String  List lt FileUploadResponse gt  gt  uploadResources MultipartHttpServletRequest request          Locale locale          https   github com jdmr fileUpload blob master src main java org davidmendoza fileUpload web ImageController java       https   github com blueimp jQuery-File-Upload wiki Setup using-jquery-file-upload-ui-version-with-a-custom-server-side-upload-handler     Map lt String  List lt FileUploadResponse gt  gt  response   new HashMap lt  gt         List lt FileUploadResponse gt  fileList   new ArrayList lt  gt          String deleteUrlBase   request getContextPath       app deleteResources do filename           http   docs spring io spring docs current javadoc-api org springframework web multipart MultipartRequest html     Iterator lt String gt  itr   request getFileNames        while  itr hasNext              String htmlParamName   itr next            MultipartFile file   request getFile htmlParamName           FileUploadResponse fileDetails   new FileUploadResponse            String filename   file getOriginalFilename            fileDetails setName filename           fileDetails setSize file getSize             try               String message   saveFile file               if  message    null                    String errorMessage   messageSource getMessage message  null  locale                   fileDetails setError errorMessage                 else                     save successful                 String encodedFilename   URLEncoder encode filename   UTF-8                    String deleteUrl   deleteUrlBase   encodedFilename                  fileDetails setDeleteUrl deleteUrl                           catch  IOException ex                logger error  Error   ex               fileDetails setError ex getMessage                        fileList add fileDetails              response put  files   fileList        return response      PostMapping   app deleteResources   public  ResponseBody Map lt String  List lt Map lt String  Boolean gt  gt  gt  deleteResources  RequestParam  filename   List lt String gt  filenames        Map lt String  List lt Map lt String  Boolean gt  gt  gt  response   new HashMap lt  gt         List lt Map lt String  Boolean gt  gt  fileList   new ArrayList lt  gt          String templatesPath   Config getTemplatesPath        for  String filename   filenames            Map lt String  Boolean gt  fileDetails   new HashMap lt  gt              String cleanFilename   ArtUtils cleanFileName filename           String filePath   templatesPath   cleanFilename           File file   new File filePath           boolean deleted   file delete             if  deleted                fileDetails put cleanFilename  true             else               fileDetails put cleanFilename  false                      fileList add fileDetails              response put  files   fileList        return response      Sample class for generating the required json response      public class FileUploadResponse         https   github com blueimp jQuery-File-Upload wiki Setup using-jquery-file-upload-ui-version-with-a-custom-server-side-upload-handler      private String name      private long size      private String error      private String deleteType    POST       private String deleteUrl                   return the name             public String getName             return name                         param name the name to set             public void setName String name            this name   name                         return the size             public long getSize             return size                         param size the size to set             public void setSize long size            this size   size                         return the error             public String getError             return error                         param error the error to set             public void setError String error            this error   error                         return the deleteType             public String getDeleteType             return deleteType                         param deleteType the deleteType to set             public void setDeleteType String deleteType            this deleteType   deleteType                         return the deleteUrl             public String getDeleteUrl             return deleteUrl                         param deleteUrl the deleteUrl to set             public void setDeleteUrl String deleteUrl            this deleteUrl   deleteUrl             See https   pitipata blogspot co ke 2017 01 using-jquery-file-upload-ui html

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I also struggled with this but got it working once I figured out how the paths work in UploadHandler php  upload dir and upload url are about the only settings to look at to get it working  Also check your server error logs for debugging information

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Check out the Image drag and drop uploader with image preview using dropper jquery plugin    HTML   lt div class  target  width  78  height  100  gt  lt img   gt  lt  div gt    JS      target   dropper       action   upload php       on  start dropper   onStart   function onStart e  files   console log files 0         image preview files 0  file  then function res       dropper-dropzone   empty          dropper-dropzone   css  background-image  res data        imgPreview   remove                dropper-dropzone   append   lt img id  imgPreview   gt  lt span style  display none  gt Drag and drop files or click to select lt  span gt     var widthImg     dropper-dropzone   attr  width                imgPreview   attr  width widthImg            imgPreview   attr  src res data                function image preview file       var def   new   Deferred        var imgURL           if  file type match  image                  create object url support         var URL   window URL    window webkitURL          if  URL     undefined                imgURL   URL createObjectURL file               URL revokeObjectURL file               def resolve  status  200  message   OK   data imgURL  error                            file reader support         else if window File  amp  amp  window FileReader                        var reader   new FileReader                reader readAsDataURL file               reader onloadend   function                      imgURL   reader result                  def resolve  status  200  message   OK   data imgURL  error                                        else               def reject  status  1001  message   File uploader not supported   data imgURL  error                            else         def reject  status  1002  message   File type not supported   error            return def promise           dropper-dropzone   mouseenter function           dropper-dropzone gt span    css  display    block             dropper-dropzone   mouseleave function           dropper-dropzone gt span    css  display    none          CSS   dropper-dropzone      width 78px  padding 3px      height 100px  position  relative     dropper-dropzone gt img      width 78px      height 100px  margin-top 0      dropper-dropzone gt span       position  absolute      right  10px      top  20px  color  ccc        dropper  dropper-dropzone   padding 3px  important         Demo Jsfiddle

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I struggled with this plugin for a while on Rails  and then someone gemified it obsoleting all the code I had created    Although it looks like you re not using this in Rails  however if anyone is using it checkout this gem  The source is here --  jQueryFileUpload Rails    Update    In order to satisfy the commenter I ve updated my answer  Essentially  use this gem  here is the source code  If it disappears then do it the long way

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