File Upload In Angular?

Question

Angular 2 provides good support for uploading files. No third party library is required.

<input type="file" (change)="fileChange($event)" placeholder="Upload file" accept=".pdf,.doc,.docx">

fileChange(event) {
    let fileList: FileList = event.target.files;
    if(fileList.length > 0) {
        let file: File = fileList[0];
        let formData:FormData = new FormData();
        formData.append('uploadFile', file, file.name);
        let headers = new Headers();
        /** In Angular 5, including the header Content-Type can invalidate your request */
        headers.append('Content-Type', 'multipart/form-data');
        headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
        let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
        this.http.post(`${this.apiEndPoint}`, formData, options)
            .map(res => res.json())
            .catch(error => Observable.throw(error))
            .subscribe(
                data => console.log('success'),
                error => console.log(error)
            )
    }
}

using @angular/core": "~2.0.0" and @angular/http: "~2.0.0"

From the answers above I build this with Angular 5.x

Just call uploadFile(url, file).subscribe() to trigger an upload

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import {HttpClient, HttpParams, HttpRequest, HttpEvent} from '@angular/common/http';
import {Observable} from "rxjs";

@Injectable()
export class UploadService {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }

  // file from event.target.files[0]
  uploadFile(url: string, file: File): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {

    let formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('upload', file);

    let params = new HttpParams();

    const options = {
      params: params,
      reportProgress: true,
    };

    const req = new HttpRequest('POST', url, formData, options);
    return this.http.request(req);
  }
}

Use it like this in your component

  // At the drag drop area
  // (drop)="onDropFile($event)"
  onDropFile(event: DragEvent) {
    event.preventDefault();
    this.uploadFile(event.dataTransfer.files);
  }

  // At the drag drop area
  // (dragover)="onDragOverFile($event)"
  onDragOverFile(event) {
    event.stopPropagation();
    event.preventDefault();
  }

  // At the file input element
  // (change)="selectFile($event)"
  selectFile(event) {
    this.uploadFile(event.target.files);
  }

  uploadFile(files: FileList) {
    if (files.length == 0) {
      console.log("No file selected!");
      return

    }
    let file: File = files[0];

    this.upload.uploadFile(this.appCfg.baseUrl + "/api/flash/upload", file)
      .subscribe(
        event => {
          if (event.type == HttpEventType.UploadProgress) {
            const percentDone = Math.round(100 * event.loaded / event.total);
            console.log(`File is ${percentDone}% loaded.`);
          } else if (event instanceof HttpResponse) {
            console.log('File is completely loaded!');
          }
        },
        (err) => {
          console.log("Upload Error:", err);
        }, () => {
          console.log("Upload done");
        }
      )
  }

Thanks to @Eswar. This code worked perfectly for me. I want to add certain things to the solution :

I was getting error : java.io.IOException: RESTEASY007550: Unable to get boundary for multipart

In order to solve this error, you should remove the "Content-Type" "multipart/form-data". It solved my problem.

Since the code sample is a bit outdated I thought I'd share a more recent approach, using Angular 4.3 and the new(er) HttpClient API, @angular/common/http

export class FileUpload {

@ViewChild('selectedFile') selectedFileEl;

uploadFile() {
let params = new HttpParams();

let formData = new FormData();
formData.append('upload', this.selectedFileEl.nativeElement.files[0])

const options = {
    headers: new HttpHeaders().set('Authorization', this.loopBackAuth.accessTokenId),
    params: params,
    reportProgress: true,
    withCredentials: true,
}

this.http.post('http://localhost:3000/api/FileUploads/fileupload', formData, options)
.subscribe(
    data => {
        console.log("Subscribe data", data);
    },
    (err: HttpErrorResponse) => {
        console.log(err.message, JSON.parse(err.error).error.message);
    }
)
.add(() => this.uploadBtn.nativeElement.disabled = false);//teardown
}

In Angular 2+, it is very important to leave the Content-Type empty. If you set the 'Content-Type' to 'multipart/form-data' the upload will not work !

upload.component.html

<input type="file" (change)="fileChange($event)" name="file" />

upload.component.ts

export class UploadComponent implements OnInit {
    constructor(public http: Http) {}

    fileChange(event): void {
        const fileList: FileList = event.target.files;
        if (fileList.length > 0) {
            const file = fileList[0];

            const formData = new FormData();
            formData.append('file', file, file.name);

            const headers = new Headers();
            // It is very important to leave the Content-Type empty
            // do not use headers.append('Content-Type', 'multipart/form-data');
            headers.append('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9....');
            const options = new RequestOptions({headers: headers});

            this.http.post('https://api.mysite.com/uploadfile', formData, options)
                 .map(res => res.json())
                 .catch(error => Observable.throw(error))
                 .subscribe(
                     data => console.log('success'),
                     error => console.log(error)
                 );
        }
    }
}

I have used the following tool from priming with success. I have no skin in the game with primeNg, just passing on my suggestion.

http://www.primefaces.org/primeng/#/fileupload