JavaScript loading progress of an image

Question

Is there a way in JS to get the progress of a loading image while the image is being loaded? I want to use the new Progress tag of HTML5 to show the progress of loading images.

I wish there was something like:

var someImage = new Image()
someImage.onloadprogress = function(e) { progressBar.value = e.loaded / e.total };
someImage.src = "image.jpg";

Answer 1

With this, you add 2 new functions on the Image() object:

 Image.prototype.load = function(url){
        var thisImg = this;
        var xmlHTTP = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xmlHTTP.open('GET', url,true);
        xmlHTTP.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
        xmlHTTP.onload = function(e) {
            var blob = new Blob([this.response]);
            thisImg.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
        };
        xmlHTTP.onprogress = function(e) {
            thisImg.completedPercentage = parseInt((e.loaded / e.total) * 100);
        };
        xmlHTTP.onloadstart = function() {
            thisImg.completedPercentage = 0;
        };
        xmlHTTP.send();
    };

    Image.prototype.completedPercentage = 0;

And here you use the load function and append the image on a div.

var img = new Image();
img.load("url");
document.getElementById("myDiv").appendChild(img);

During the loading state you can check the progress percentage using img.completedPercentage.

Answer 2

Sebastian's answer is excellent, the best I've seen to this question. There are, however, a few possible improvements. I use his code modified like this:

Image.prototype.load = function( url, callback ) {
    var thisImg = this,
        xmlHTTP = new XMLHttpRequest();

    thisImg.completedPercentage = 0;

    xmlHTTP.open( 'GET', url , true );
    xmlHTTP.responseType = 'arraybuffer';

    xmlHTTP.onload = function( e ) {
        var h = xmlHTTP.getAllResponseHeaders(),
            m = h.match( /^Content-Type\:\s*(.*?)$/mi ),
            mimeType = m[ 1 ] || 'image/png';
            // Remove your progress bar or whatever here. Load is done.

        var blob = new Blob( [ this.response ], { type: mimeType } );
        thisImg.src = window.URL.createObjectURL( blob );
        if ( callback ) callback( this );
    };

    xmlHTTP.onprogress = function( e ) {
        if ( e.lengthComputable )
            thisImg.completedPercentage = parseInt( ( e.loaded / e.total ) * 100 );
        // Update your progress bar here. Make sure to check if the progress value
        // has changed to avoid spamming the DOM.
        // Something like: 
        // if ( prevValue != thisImage completedPercentage ) display_progress();
    };

    xmlHTTP.onloadstart = function() {
        // Display your progress bar here, starting at 0
        thisImg.completedPercentage = 0;
    };

    xmlHTTP.onloadend = function() {
        // You can also remove your progress bar here, if you like.
        thisImg.completedPercentage = 100;
    }

    xmlHTTP.send();
};

Mainly I added a mime-type and some minor details. Use as Sebastian describes. Works well.