[angular] File Upload In Angular?

This simple solution worked for me: file-upload.component.html

<div>
  <input type="file" #fileInput placeholder="Upload file..." />
  <button type="button" (click)="upload()">Upload</button>
</div>

And then do the upload in the component directly with XMLHttpRequest.

import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-file-upload',
  templateUrl: './file-upload.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./file-upload.component.css']
})
export class FileUploadComponent implements OnInit {

  @ViewChild('fileInput') fileInput;

  constructor() { }

  ngOnInit() {
  }

  private upload() {
    const fileBrowser = this.fileInput.nativeElement;
    if (fileBrowser.files && fileBrowser.files[0]) {
      const formData = new FormData();
      formData.append('files', fileBrowser.files[0]);
      const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
      xhr.open('POST', '/api/Data/UploadFiles', true);
      xhr.onload = function () {
        if (this['status'] === 200) {
            const responseText = this['responseText'];
            const files = JSON.parse(responseText);
            //todo: emit event
        } else {
          //todo: error handling
        }
      };
      xhr.send(formData);
    }
  }

}

If you are using dotnet core, the parameter name must match the from field name. files in this case:

[HttpPost("[action]")]
public async Task<IList<FileDto>> UploadFiles(List<IFormFile> files)
{
  return await _binaryService.UploadFilesAsync(files);
}

This answer is a plagiate of http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/uploading-files-ajax

Edit: After uploading, you have to clear the file-upload so that the user can select a new file. And instead of using XMLHttpRequest, maybe it is better to use fetch:

private addFileInput() {
    const fileInputParentNative = this.fileInputParent.nativeElement;
    const oldFileInput = fileInputParentNative.querySelector('input');
    const newFileInput = document.createElement('input');
    newFileInput.type = 'file';
    newFileInput.multiple = true;
    newFileInput.name = 'fileInput';
    const uploadfiles = this.uploadFiles.bind(this);
    newFileInput.onchange = uploadfiles;
    oldFileInput.parentNode.replaceChild(newFileInput, oldFileInput);
  }

  private uploadFiles() {
    this.onUploadStarted.emit();
    const fileInputParentNative = this.fileInputParent.nativeElement;
    const fileInput = fileInputParentNative.querySelector('input');
    if (fileInput.files && fileInput.files.length > 0) {
      const formData = new FormData();
      for (let i = 0; i < fileInput.files.length; i++) {
        formData.append('files', fileInput.files[i]);
      }

      const onUploaded = this.onUploaded;
      const onError = this.onError;
      const addFileInput = this.addFileInput.bind(this);
      fetch('/api/Data/UploadFiles', {
        credentials: 'include',
        method: 'POST',
        body: formData,
      }).then((response: any) => {
        if (response.status !== 200) {
          const error = `An error occured. Status: ${response.status}`;
          throw new Error(error);
        }
        return response.json();
      }).then(files => {
        onUploaded.emit(files);
        addFileInput();
      }).catch((error) => {
        onError.emit(error);
      });
    }

https://github.com/yonexbat/cran/blob/master/cranangularclient/src/app/file-upload/file-upload.component.ts