[angular] Angular File Upload

Personally I'm doing this using ngx-material-file-input for the front-end, and Firebase for the back-end. More precisely Cloud Storage for Firebase for the back-end combined with Cloud Firestore. Below an example, which limits file to be not larger than 20 MB, and accepts only certain file extensions. I'm also using Cloud Firestore for storing links to the uploaded files, but you can skip this.

contact.component.html

<mat-form-field>
  <!--
    Accept only files in the following format: .doc, .docx, .jpg, .jpeg, .pdf, .png, .xls, .xlsx. However, this is easy to bypass, Cloud Storage rules has been set up on the back-end side.
  -->
  <ngx-mat-file-input
    [accept]="[
      '.doc',
      '.docx',
      '.jpg',
      '.jpeg',
      '.pdf',
      '.png',
      '.xls',
      '.xlsx'
    ]"
    (change)="uploadFile($event)"
    formControlName="fileUploader"
    multiple
    aria-label="Here you can add additional files about your project, which can be helpeful for us."
    placeholder="Additional files"
    title="Additional files"
    type="file"
  >
  </ngx-mat-file-input>
  <mat-icon matSuffix>folder</mat-icon>
  <mat-hint
    >Accepted formats: DOC, DOCX, JPG, JPEG, PDF, PNG, XLS and XLSX,
    maximum files upload size: 20 MB.
  </mat-hint>
  <!--
    Non-null assertion operators are required to let know the compiler that this value is not empty and exists.
  -->
  <mat-error
    *ngIf="contactForm.get('fileUploader')!.hasError('maxContentSize')"
  >
    This size is too large,
    <strong
      >maximum acceptable upload size is
      {{
        contactForm.get('fileUploader')?.getError('maxContentSize')
          .maxSize | byteFormat
      }}</strong
    >
    (uploaded size:
    {{
      contactForm.get('fileUploader')?.getError('maxContentSize')
        .actualSize | byteFormat
    }}).
  </mat-error>
</mat-form-field>

contact.component.ts (size validator part)

import { FileValidator } from 'ngx-material-file-input';
import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';

/**
 * @constructor
 * @description Creates a new instance of this component.
 * @param  {formBuilder} - an abstraction class object to create a form group control for the contact form.
 */
constructor(
  private angularFirestore: AngularFirestore,
  private angularFireStorage: AngularFireStorage,
  private formBuilder: FormBuilder
) {}

public maxFileSize = 20971520;
public contactForm: FormGroup = this.formBuilder.group({
    fileUploader: [
      '',
      Validators.compose([
        FileValidator.maxContentSize(this.maxFileSize),
        Validators.maxLength(512),
        Validators.minLength(2)
      ])
    ]
})

contact.component.ts (file uploader part)

import { AngularFirestore } from '@angular/fire/firestore';
import {
  AngularFireStorage,
  AngularFireStorageReference,
  AngularFireUploadTask
} from '@angular/fire/storage';
import { catchError, finalize } from 'rxjs/operators';
import { throwError } from 'rxjs';

public downloadURL: string[] = [];
/**
* @description Upload additional files to Cloud Firestore and get URL to the files.
   * @param {event} - object of sent files.
   * @returns {void}
   */
  public uploadFile(event: any): void {
    // Iterate through all uploaded files.
    for (let i = 0; i < event.target.files.length; i++) {
      const randomId = Math.random()
        .toString(36)
        .substring(2); // Create random ID, so the same file names can be uploaded to Cloud Firestore.

      const file = event.target.files[i]; // Get each uploaded file.

      // Get file reference.
      const fileRef: AngularFireStorageReference = this.angularFireStorage.ref(
        randomId
      );

      // Create upload task.
      const task: AngularFireUploadTask = this.angularFireStorage.upload(
        randomId,
        file
      );

      // Upload file to Cloud Firestore.
      task
        .snapshotChanges()
        .pipe(
          finalize(() => {
            fileRef.getDownloadURL().subscribe((downloadURL: string) => {
              this.angularFirestore
                .collection(process.env.FIRESTORE_COLLECTION_FILES!) // Non-null assertion operator is required to let know the compiler that this value is not empty and exists.
                .add({ downloadURL: downloadURL });
              this.downloadURL.push(downloadURL);
            });
          }),
          catchError((error: any) => {
            return throwError(error);
          })
        )
        .subscribe();
    }
  }

storage.rules

rules_version = '2';
service firebase.storage {
  match /b/{bucket}/o {
    match /{allPaths=**} {
        allow read; // Required in order to send this as attachment.
      // Allow write files Firebase Storage, only if:
      // 1) File is no more than 20MB
      // 2) Content type is in one of the following formats: .doc, .docx, .jpg, .jpeg, .pdf, .png, .xls, .xlsx.
      allow write: if request.resource.size <= 20 * 1024 * 1024
        && (request.resource.contentType.matches('application/msword')
        || request.resource.contentType.matches('application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document')
        || request.resource.contentType.matches('image/jpg')
        || request.resource.contentType.matches('image/jpeg')
        || request.resource.contentType.matches('application/pdf')
                || request.resource.contentType.matches('image/png')
        || request.resource.contentType.matches('application/vnd.ms-excel')
        || request.resource.contentType.matches('application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet'))
    }
  }
}