[angular] Angular - POST uploaded file

I'm using Angular, TypeScript to send a file, along with JSON Data to a server.

Below is my code:

import {Component, View, NgFor, FORM_DIRECTIVES, FormBuilder, ControlGroup} from 'angular2/angular2';
import {Http, Response, Headers} from 'http/http';


@Component({ selector: 'file-upload' })
@View({
directives: [FORM_DIRECTIVES],
template: `
<h3>File Upload</h3>

<div>
     Select file:
    <input type="file" (change)="changeListener($event)">
</div>

`
})
export class FileUploadCmp {

public file: File;
public url: string;
headers: Headers;


constructor(public http: Http) {
    console.log('file upload Initialized');
    //set the header as multipart        
    this.headers = new Headers();
    this.headers.set('Content-Type', 'multipart/form-data');
    this.url = 'http://localhost:8080/test';
}

//onChange file listener
changeListener($event): void {
    this.postFile($event.target);
}

//send post file to server 
postFile(inputValue: any): void {

    var formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("name", "Name");
    formData.append("file",  inputValue.files[0]);

    this.http.post(this.url +,
      formData ,
        {
            headers: this.headers

        });
}

}

How can I transform the formData to String and send it to the server? I remember in AngularJS (v1) you would use transformRequest.

First, you have to create your own inline TS-Class, since the FormData Class is not well supported at the moment:

var data : {
  name: string;
  file: File;
} = {
  name: "Name",
  file: inputValue.files[0]
  };

Then you send it to the Server with JSON.stringify(data)

let opts: RequestOptions = new RequestOptions();
opts.method = RequestMethods.Post;
opts.headers = headers;
this.http.post(url,JSON.stringify(data),opts);

Looking onto this issue Github - Request/Upload progress handling via @angular/http, angular2 http does not support file upload yet.

For very basic file upload I created such service function as a workaround (using ???????'s answer):

  uploadFile(file:File):Promise<MyEntity> {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

        let xhr:XMLHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.onreadystatechange = () => {
            if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
                if (xhr.status === 200) {
                    resolve(<MyEntity>JSON.parse(xhr.response));
                } else {
                    reject(xhr.response);
                }
            }
        };

        xhr.open('POST', this.getServiceUrl(), true);

        let formData = new FormData();
        formData.append("file", file, file.name);
        xhr.send(formData);
    });
}

In my project , I use the XMLHttpRequest to send multipart/form-data. I think it will fit you to.

and the uploader code

let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', 'http://www.example.com/rest/api', true);
xhr.withCredentials = true;
xhr.send(formData);

Here is example : https://github.com/wangzilong/angular2-multipartForm

your http service file:

import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
import { Http, Headers, Response, Request, RequestMethod, URLSearchParams, RequestOptions } from "@angular/http";
import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Rx';
import { Constants } from './constants';
declare var $: any;

@Injectable()
export class HttpClient {
  requestUrl: string;
  responseData: any;
  handleError: any;

  constructor(private router: Router, 
  private http: Http, 
  private constants: Constants, 
  ) {
    this.http = http;
  }

  postWithFile (url: string, postData: any, files: File[]) {

    let headers = new Headers();
    let formData:FormData = new FormData();
    formData.append('files', files[0], files[0].name);
    // For multiple files
    // for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    //     formData.append(`files[]`, files[i], files[i].name);
    // }

    if(postData !=="" && postData !== undefined && postData !==null){
      for (var property in postData) {
          if (postData.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
              formData.append(property, postData[property]);
          }
      }
    }
    var returnReponse = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      this.http.post(this.constants.root_dir + url, formData, {
        headers: headers
      }).subscribe(
          res => {
            this.responseData = res.json();
            resolve(this.responseData);
          },
          error => {
            this.router.navigate(['/login']);
            reject(error);
          }
      );
    });
    return returnReponse;
  }
}

call your function (Component file):

onChange(event) {
    let file = event.srcElement.files;
    let postData = {field1:"field1", field2:"field2"}; // Put your form data variable. This is only example.
    this._service.postWithFile(this.baseUrl + "add-update",postData,file).then(result => {
        console.log(result);
    });
}

your html code:

<input type="file" class="form-control" name="documents" (change)="onChange($event)" [(ngModel)]="stock.documents" #documents="ngModel">