HTML5: files upload

file_upload.html

<!-- via control upload -->
<input type="file" id="your-files" multiple>
<script>
var control = document.getElementById("your-files");
control.addEventListener("change", function(event) {

    // When the control has changed, there are new files

    var i = 0,
        files = control.files,
        len = files.length;

    for (; i < len; i++) {
        console.log("Filename: " + files[i].name);
        console.log("Type: " + files[i].type);
        console.log("Size: " + files[i].size + " bytes");
    }

}, false);
</script>


<!-- drag and drop upload -->
<div id="your-files"></div>
<script>
var target = document.getElementById("your-files");

target.addEventListener("dragover", function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
}, false);

target.addEventListener("drop", function(event) {

    // cancel default actions
    event.preventDefault();

    var i = 0,
        files = event.dataTransfer.files,
        len = files.length;

    for (; i < len; i++) {
        console.log("Filename: " + files[i].name);
        console.log("Type: " + files[i].type);
        console.log("Size: " + files[i].size + " bytes");
    }

}, false);
</script>


<!-- Ajax file upload -->
<script>

// create a form with a couple of values
var form = new FormData();
form.append("name", "Nicholas");
form.append("photo", control.files[0]);

// send via XHR - look ma, no headers being set!
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onload = function() {
    console.log("Upload complete.");
};
xhr.open("post", "/entrypoint", true);
xhr.send(form);

</script>



<!-- file reading -->
<script>

var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
    var contents = event.target.result;
    console.log("File contents: " + contents);
};

reader.onerror = function(event) {
    console.error("File could not be read! Code " + event.target.error.code);
};

reader.readAsText(file);

</script>


<!-- Uri file reading -->
<script>

var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
    var dataUri = event.target.result,
        img     = document.createElement("img");

    img.src = dataUri;
    document.body.appendChild(img);
};

reader.onerror = function(event) {
    console.error("File could not be read! Code " + event.target.error.code);
};

reader.readAsDataURL(file);

</script>


<!-- Uri file reading into CANVAS -->
<script>

var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
    var dataUri = event.target.result,
        context = document.getElementById("mycanvas").getContext("2d"),
        img     = new Image();

    // wait until the image has been fully processed
    img.onload = function() {
        context.drawImage(img, 100, 100);
    };
    img.src = dataUri;
};

reader.onerror = function(event) {
    console.error("File could not be read! Code " + event.target.error.code);
};

reader.readAsDataURL(file);

</script>


<!-- File reading progress -->
<script>

var reader = new FileReader(),
     progressNode = document.getElementById("my-progress");

reader.onprogress = function(event) {
    if (event.lengthComputable) {
        progressNode.max = event.total;
        progressNode.value = event.loaded;
    }
};

reader.onloadend = function(event) {
    var contents = event.target.result,
        error    = event.target.error;

    if (error != null) {
        console.error("File could not be read! Code " + error.code);
    } else {
        progressNode.max = 1;
        progressNode.value = 1;
        console.log("Contents: " + contents);
    }
};

reader.readAsText(file);

</script>


<!-- File reading ERRORS handling -->
<script>

var reader = new FileReader();

reader.onloadend = function(event) {
    var contents = event.target.result,
        error    = event.target.error;

    if (error != null) {
        switch (error.code) {
            case error.ENCODING_ERR:
                console.error("Encoding error!");
                break;

            case error.NOT_FOUND_ERR:
                console.error("File not found!");
                break;

            case error.NOT_READABLE_ERR:
                console.error("File could not be read!");
                break;

            case error.SECURITY_ERR:
                console.error("Security issue with file!");
                break;

            default:
                console.error("I have no idea what's wrong!");
        }
    } else {
        progressNode.max = 1;
        progressNode.value = 1;
        console.log("Contents: " + contents);
    }
};

reader.readAsText(file);

</script>