[javascript] Angularjs $http post file and form data

I have the below request in python

import requests, json, io

cookie = {}
payload = {"Name":"abc"}
url = "/test"
file = "out/test.json"

fi = {'file': ('file', open(file) )}
r = requests.post("http://192.168.1.1:8080" + url, data=payload, files=fi, cookies=cookie)
print(r.text)

which send a file, and form fields to the backend. How can I do the same (sending file + form fields) with Angular $http. Currently, I do like this, but not sure how to send the file too.

var payload = {"Name":"abc"};
$http.post('/test', payload)
    .success(function (res) {
    //success
});

You can also upload using HTML5. You can use this AJAX uploader.

The JS code is basically:

  $scope.doPhotoUpload = function () {
    // ..
    var myUploader = new uploader(document.getElementById('file_upload_element_id'), options);
    myUploader.send();
    // ..
  }

Which reads from an HTML input element

<input id="file_upload_element_id" type="file" onchange="angular.element(this).scope().doPhotoUpload()">

In my solution, i have

$scope.uploadVideo = function(){
    var uploadUrl = "/api/uploadEvent";


    //obj with data, that can be one input or form
    file = $scope.video;
    var fd = new FormData();


    //check file form on being
    for (var obj in file) {
        if (file[obj] || file[obj] == 0) {
            fd.append(obj, file[obj]);
        }
    }

    //open XHR request
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();


    // $apply to rendering progress bar for any chunking update
    xhr.upload.onprogress = function(event) {
        $scope.uploadStatus = {
            loaded: event.loaded,
            total:  event.total
        };
        $scope.$apply();
    };

    xhr.onload = xhr.onerror = function(e) {
        if (this.status == 200 || this.status == 201) {

            //sucess

            $scope.uploadStatus = {
                loaded: 0,
                total:  0
            };


            //this is for my solution
            $scope.video = {};
            $scope.vm.model.push(JSON.parse(e.currentTarget.response));
            $scope.$apply();

        } else {
           //on else status
        }
    };

    xhr.open("POST", uploadUrl, true);

    //token for upload, thit for my solution
    xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "JWT " + window.localStorage.token);


    //send
    xhr.send(fd); 
};

}

I was unable to get Pavel's answer working as in when posting to a Web.Api application.

The issue appears to be with the deleting of the headers.

headersGetter();
delete headers['Content-Type'];

In order to ensure the browsers was allowed to default the Content-Type along with the boundary parameter, I needed to set the Content-Type to undefined. Using Pavel's example the boundary was never being set resulting in a 400 HTTP exception.

The key was to remove the code deleting the headers shown above and to set the headers content type to null manually. Thus allowing the browser to set the properties.

headers: {'Content-Type': undefined}

Here is a full example.

$scope.Submit = form => {
                $http({
                    method: 'POST',
                    url: 'api/FileTest',
                    headers: {'Content-Type': undefined},
                    data: {
                        FullName: $scope.FullName,
                        Email: $scope.Email,
                        File1: $scope.file
                    },
                    transformRequest: function (data, headersGetter) {
                        var formData = new FormData();
                        angular.forEach(data, function (value, key) {
                            formData.append(key, value);
                        });
                        return formData;
                    }
                })
                .success(function (data) {

                })
                .error(function (data, status) {

                });

                return false;
            }

I had similar problem when had to upload file and send user token info at the same time. transformRequest along with forming FormData helped:

        $http({
            method: 'POST',
            url: '/upload-file',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'
            },
            data: {
                email: Utils.getUserInfo().email,
                token: Utils.getUserInfo().token,
                upload: $scope.file
            },
            transformRequest: function (data, headersGetter) {
                var formData = new FormData();
                angular.forEach(data, function (value, key) {
                    formData.append(key, value);
                });

                var headers = headersGetter();
                delete headers['Content-Type'];

                return formData;
            }
        })
        .success(function (data) {

        })
        .error(function (data, status) {

        });

For getting file $scope.file I used custom directive:

app.directive('file', function () {
    return {
        scope: {
            file: '='
        },
        link: function (scope, el, attrs) {
            el.bind('change', function (event) {
                var file = event.target.files[0];
                scope.file = file ? file : undefined;
                scope.$apply();
            });
        }
    };
});

Html:

<input type="file" file="file" required />

Please, have a look on my implementation. You can wrap the following function into a service:

function(file, url) {
  var fd = new FormData();

  fd.append('file', file);

  return $http.post(url, fd, {
    transformRequest: angular.identity,
    headers: { 'Content-Type': undefined }
  });
}

Please notice, that file argument is a Blob. If you have base64 version of a file - it can be easily changed to Blob like so:

fetch(base64).then(function(response) {
  return response.blob(); 
}).then(console.info).catch(console.error);

There are other solutions you can look into http://ngmodules.org/modules/ngUpload as discussed here file uploader integration for angularjs

here is my solution:

// Controller_x000D_
$scope.uploadImg = function( files ) {_x000D_
  $scope.data.avatar = files[0];_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
$scope.update = function() {_x000D_
  var formData = new FormData();_x000D_
  formData.append('desc', data.desc);_x000D_
  formData.append('avatar', data.avatar);_x000D_
  SomeService.upload( formData );_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_
// Service_x000D_
upload: function( formData ) {_x000D_
  var deferred = $q.defer();_x000D_
  var url = "/upload" ;_x000D_
  _x000D_
  var request = {_x000D_
    "url": url,_x000D_
    "method": "POST",_x000D_
    "data": formData,_x000D_
    "headers": {_x000D_
      'Content-Type' : undefined // important_x000D_
    }_x000D_
  };_x000D_
_x000D_
  console.log(request);_x000D_
_x000D_
  $http(request).success(function(data){_x000D_
    deferred.resolve(data);_x000D_
  }).error(function(error){_x000D_
    deferred.reject(error);_x000D_
  });_x000D_
  return deferred.promise;_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_
// backend use express and multer_x000D_
// a part of the code_x000D_
var multer = require('multer');_x000D_
var storage = multer.diskStorage({_x000D_
  destination: function (req, file, cb) {_x000D_
    cb(null, '../public/img')_x000D_
  },_x000D_
  filename: function (req, file, cb) {_x000D_
    cb(null, file.fieldname + '-' + Date.now() + '.jpg');_x000D_
  }_x000D_
})_x000D_
_x000D_
var upload = multer({ storage: storage })_x000D_
app.post('/upload', upload.single('avatar'), function(req, res, next) {_x000D_
  // do something_x000D_
  console.log(req.body);_x000D_
  res.send(req.body);_x000D_
});

<div>_x000D_
  <input type="file" accept="image/*" onchange="angular.element( this ).scope().uploadImg( this.files )">_x000D_
  <textarea ng-model="data.desc" />_x000D_
  <button type="button" ng-click="update()">Update</button>_x000D_
</div>