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File upload with HTML5 FileAPI
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="file-list"></ul>
<p>
<input id="files-upload" type="file" multiple>
</p>
<p id="drop-area">
<span class="drop-instructions">or drag and drop files here</span>
<span class="drop-over">Drop files here!</span>
</p>
<script>
(function () {
var filesUpload = document.getElementById("files-upload"),
dropArea = document.getElementById("drop-area"),
fileList = document.getElementById("file-list");
function uploadFile (file) {
var li = document.createElement("li"),
div = document.createElement("div"),
img,
progressBarContainer = document.createElement("div"),
progressBar = document.createElement("div"),
reader,
xhr,
fileInfo;
li.appendChild(div);
progressBarContainer.className = "progress-bar-container";
progressBar.className = "progress-bar";
progressBarContainer.appendChild(progressBar);
li.appendChild(progressBarContainer);
/*
If the file is an image and the web browser supports FileReader,
present a preview in the file list
*/
if (typeof FileReader !== "undefined" && (/image/i).test(file.type)) {
img = document.createElement("img");
li.appendChild(img);
reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = (function (theImg) {
return function (evt) {
theImg.src = evt.target.result;
};
}(img));
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
}
// Uploading - for Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
// Update progress bar
xhr.upload.addEventListener("progress", function (evt) {
if (evt.lengthComputable) {
progressBar.style.width = (evt.loaded / evt.total) * 100 + "%";
}
else {
// No data to calculate on
}
}, false);
// File uploaded
xhr.addEventListener("load", function () {
progressBarContainer.className += " uploaded";
progressBar.innerHTML = "Uploaded!";
}, false);
xhr.open("post", "/upload.aspx", true);
// Set appropriate headers
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data");
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-File-Name", file.fileName);
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-File-Size", file.fileSize);
xhr.setRequestHeader("X-File-Type", file.type);
// Send the file (doh)
xhr.send(file);
// Present file info and append it to the list of files
fileInfo = "<div><strong>Name:</strong> " + file.name + "</div>";
fileInfo += "<div><strong>Size:</strong> " + parseInt(file.size / 1024, 10) + " kb</div>";
fileInfo += "<div><strong>Type:</strong> " + file.type + "</div>";
div.innerHTML = fileInfo;
fileList.appendChild(li);
}
function traverseFiles (files) {
if (typeof files !== "undefined") {
for (var i=0, l=files.length; i<l; i++) {
uploadFile(files[i]);
}
}
else {
fileList.innerHTML = "No support for the File API in this web browser";
}
}
filesUpload.addEventListener("change", function () {
traverseFiles(this.files);
}, false);
dropArea.addEventListener("dragleave", function (evt) {
var target = evt.target;
if (target && target === dropArea) {
this.className = "";
}
evt.preventDefault();
evt.stopPropagation();
}, false);
dropArea.addEventListener("dragenter", function (evt) {
this.className = "over";
evt.preventDefault();
evt.stopPropagation();
}, false);
dropArea.addEventListener("dragover", function (evt) {
evt.preventDefault();
evt.stopPropagation();
}, false);
dropArea.addEventListener("drop", function (evt) {
traverseFiles(evt.dataTransfer.files);
this.className = "";
evt.preventDefault();
evt.stopPropagation();
}, false);
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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