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Ajax File upload with jQuery and XHR2Sean Clark http://square-bracket.com
// Ajax File upload with jQuery and XHR2
// Sean Clark http://square-bracket.com
// xhr2 file upload
$.fn.upload = function(remote, data, successFn, progressFn) {
// if we dont have post data, move it along
if (typeof data != "object") {
progressFn = successFn;
successFn = data;
}
var formData = new FormData();
var numFiles = 0;
this.each(function() {
var i, length = this.files.length;
numFiles += length;
for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
formData.append(this.name, this.files[i]);
}
});
// if we have post data too
if (typeof data == "object") {
for (var i in data) {
formData.append(i, data[i]);
}
}
var def = new $.Deferred();
if (numFiles > 0) {
// do the ajax request
$.ajax({
url: remote,
type: "POST",
xhr: function() {
myXhr = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
if(myXhr.upload && progressFn){
myXhr.upload.addEventListener("progress", function(prog) {
var value = ~~((prog.loaded / prog.total) * 100);
// if we passed a progress function
if (typeof progressFn === "function") {
progressFn(prog, value);
// if we passed a progress element
} else if (progressFn) {
$(progressFn).val(value);
}
}, false);
}
return myXhr;
},
data: formData,
dataType: "json",
cache: false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
complete: function(res) {
var json;
try {
json = JSON.parse(res.responseText);
} catch(e) {
json = res.responseText;
}
if (typeof successFn === "function") successFn(json);
def.resolve(json);
}
});
} else {
def.reject();
}
return def.promise();
};
@Matthcw
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Matthcw commented Aug 31, 2015

Thanks, really appreciate this, it works well! Hopefully I will be able to do this myself soon!

@jlagr
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jlagr commented Jun 19, 2016

May this is an stupid question... but I'm trying to use your js file... adding a reference in my code:

<script src="js/XHR2.js"><script> But it brokes my page, I can't render the existing html... Did I something wrong?

@jungtin
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jungtin commented Jul 17, 2017

tks for this

@Utshab500
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Thank you very much. It worked perfectly.

@Utshab500
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Utshab500 commented Jan 1, 2018

Hello sir, Can I send few more data in file upload along with the image?

@YitzakD
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YitzakD commented Apr 30, 2020

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