Firebase Uploader Component with Angular 2

upload.component.ts

import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { AngularFire, FirebaseListObservable } from 'angularfire2';

import { Observable } from 'rxjs';

declare var firebase: any;

interface Image {
    path: string;
    filename: string;
    downloadURL?: string;
    $key?: string;
}

@Component({
    selector: 'image-upload',
    template: `
  <h2>Upload a File</h2>
  <form ngNoForm>
    <input id="file" name="file" type="file" >
    <button (click)="upload()" type="button">Upload</button>
    </form>
    <h2>File Gallery</h2>
    <div style="overflow:hidden;">
        <div *ngFor="let img of imageList | async" style="position:relative;width:100px;height:100px;float:left;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:center;">
            <img [src]="img.downloadURL | async" style="max-width:100px;max-height:100px;">
            <button (click)="delete(img)" style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:2px;">[x]</button>
        </div>
    </div>
  `,
})
export class UploadComponent {
    /**
     * The name of the folder for images
     * eg. posts/angular-is-awesome
     */
    @Input() folder: string;
    
    fileList : FirebaseListObservable<Image[]>;
    imageList : Observable<Image[]>;

    constructor(public af: AngularFire, public router: Router) {
    }
    ngOnInit() {
        
    }

    ngOnChanges() {
        console.log("new values for folder");
        let storage = firebase.storage();
        
        this.fileList = this.af.database.list(`/${this.folder}/images`);
        console.log("Rendering all images in ",`/${this.folder}/images`)
        this.imageList = this.fileList.map( itemList =>
            itemList.map( item => {
                var pathReference = storage.ref(item.path);
                let result = {$key: item.$key, downloadURL: pathReference.getDownloadURL(), path: item.path, filename: item.filename};
                console.log(result);
                return result;
            })
        );
    }


    upload() {
        // Create a root reference
        let storageRef = firebase.storage().ref();

        let success = false;
        // This currently only grabs item 0, TODO refactor it to grab them all
        for (let selectedFile of [(<HTMLInputElement>document.getElementById('file')).files[0]]) {
            console.log(selectedFile);
            // Make local copies of services because "this" will be clobbered
            let router = this.router;
            let af = this.af;
            let folder = this.folder;
            let path = `/${this.folder}/${selectedFile.name}`;
            var iRef = storageRef.child(path);
            iRef.put(selectedFile).then((snapshot) => {
                console.log('Uploaded a blob or file! Now storing the reference at',`/${this.folder}/images/`);
                af.database.list(`/${folder}/images/`).push({ path: path, filename: selectedFile.name })
            });
        }
        
    }
    delete(image: Image) {
        let storagePath = image.path;
        let referencePath = `${this.folder}/images/` + image.$key;

        // Do these as two separate steps so you can still try delete ref if file no longer exists

        // Delete from Storage
        firebase.storage().ref().child(storagePath).delete()
        .then(
            () => {},
            (error) => console.error("Error deleting stored file",storagePath)
        );

        // Delete references
        this.af.database.object(referencePath).remove()
            
        

    }
}