Get image preview before uploading in React

Question

Many examples of this on here but can't seem to find any for react. I have managed to convert the vanilla js to react but getting an error.

The answer looks simple enough so here I go in react:

getInitialState: function(){
  return{file: []}
},

_onChange: function(){
  // Assuming only image
  var file = this.refs.file.files[0];
  var reader = new FileReader();
  var url = reader.readAsDataURL(file);
  console.log(url) // Would see a path?
  // TODO: concat files for setState
},

render: function(){
 return(
  <div>
    <form>
      <input 
        ref="file" 
        type="file" 
        name="user[image]" 
        multiple="true"
        onChange={this._onChange}/>
     </form>
    {/* Only show first image, for now. */}
    <img src={this.state.file[0} />
  </div>
 )
};

Basically all answers I have seen show something like what I have. Any difference in React app?

Regarding answer:

Answer 1

No difference, just read your image when the load event finishes. After the load end event handler just set your state:

getInitialState: function(){
  return{file: []}
}

_onChange: function(){
  // Assuming only image
  var file = this.refs.file.files[0];
  var reader = new FileReader();
  var url = reader.readAsDataURL(file);

   reader.onloadend = function (e) {
      this.setState({
          imgSrc: [reader.result];
      })
    }.bind(this);
  console.log(url) // Would see a path?
  // TODO: concat files
},

render: function(){
 return(
  <div>
    <form>
      <input 
        ref="file" 
        type="file" 
        name="user[image]" 
        multiple="true"
        onChange={this_onChange}/>
     </form>
    {/* Only show first image, for now. */}
    <img src={this.state.imgSrc} />
  </div>
 )
}

Answer 2

Extending on Cels' answer, and avoiding memory leaks with createObjectURL as @El Anonimo warns about, we could use useEffect to create the preview and clean up after the component unmounts like so

useEffect(() => {
   // create the preview
   const objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(selectedFile)
   setPreview(objectUrl)

   // free memory when ever this component is unmounted
   return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl)
}, [selectedFile])

The full code could look something like this

export const ImageUpload = () => {
    const [selectedFile, setSelectedFile] = useState()
    const [preview, setPreview] = useState()

    // create a preview as a side effect, whenever selected file is changed
    useEffect(() => {
        if (!selectedFile) {
            setPreview(undefined)
            return
        }

        const objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(selectedFile)
        setPreview(objectUrl)

        // free memory when ever this component is unmounted
        return () => URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl)
    }, [selectedFile])

    const onSelectFile = e => {
        if (!e.target.files || e.target.files.length === 0) {
            setSelectedFile(undefined)
            return
        }

        // I've kept this example simple by using the first image instead of multiple
        setSelectedFile(e.target.files[0])
    }

    return (
        <div>
            <input type='file' onChange={onSelectFile} />
            {selectedFile &&  <img src={preview} /> }
        </div>
    )
}