Convert JS Object to form data

Question

How can I can convert my JS Object to FormData?

The reason why I want to do this is, I have an object that I constructed out of the ~100 form field valu

Answer 1

Sorry for a late answer, but I was struggling with this as Angular 2 currently does not support file upload. So, the way to do it was sending a XMLHttpRequest with FormData. So, I created a function to do it. I'm using Typescript. To convert it to Javascript just remove data types declaration.

/**
     * Transforms the json data into form data.
     *
     * Example:
     *
     * Input:
     * 
     * fd = new FormData();
     * dob = {
     *  name: 'phone',
     *  photos: ['myphoto.jpg', 'myotherphoto.png'],
     *  price: '615.99',
     *  color: {
     *      front: 'red',
     *      back: 'blue'
     *  },
     *  buttons: ['power', 'volup', 'voldown'],
     *  cameras: [{
     *      name: 'front',
     *      res: '5Mpx'
     *  },{
     *      name: 'back',
     *      res: '10Mpx'
     *  }]
     * };
     * Say we want to replace 'myotherphoto.png'. We'll have this 'fob'.
     * fob = {
     *  photos: [null, ]
     * };
     * Say we want to wrap the object (Rails way):
     * p = 'product';
     *
     * Output:
     *
     * 'fd' object updated. Now it will have these key-values ", ":
     *
     * product[name], phone
     * product[photos][], myphoto.jpg
     * product[photos][], 
     * product[color][front], red
     * product[color][back], blue
     * product[buttons][], power
     * product[buttons][], volup
     * product[buttons][], voldown
     * product[cameras][][name], front
     * product[cameras][][res], 5Mpx
     * product[cameras][][name], back
     * product[cameras][][res], 10Mpx
     * 
     * @param {FormData}  fd  FormData object where items will be appended to.
     * @param {Object}    dob Data object where items will be read from.
     * @param {Object =   null} fob File object where items will override dob's.
     * @param {string =   ''} p Prefix. Useful for wrapping objects and necessary for internal use (as this is a recursive method).
     */
    append(fd: FormData, dob: Object, fob: Object = null, p: string = ''){
        let apnd = this.append;

        function isObj(dob, fob, p){
            if(typeof dob == "object"){
                if(!!dob && dob.constructor === Array){
                    p += '[]';
                    for(let i = 0; i < dob.length; i++){
                        let aux_fob = !!fob ? fob[i] : fob;
                        isObj(dob[i], aux_fob, p);
                    }
                } else {
                    apnd(fd, dob, fob, p);
                }
            } else {
                let value = !!fob ? fob : dob;
                fd.append(p, value);
            }
        }

        for(let prop in dob){
            let aux_p = p == '' ? prop : `${p}[${prop}]`;
            let aux_fob = !!fob ? fob[prop] : fob;
            isObj(dob[prop], aux_fob, aux_p);
        }
    }