How to read a file in AngularJS?

Question

Is it possible to read files in AngularJS? I want to place the file into an HTML5 canvas to crop.

I was thinking of using a directive? This is the javascript code I

Answer 1

Yes, directives is a right way, but it looks little bit different:

.directive("ngFileSelect",function(){    
  return {
    link: function($scope,el){          
      el.bind("change", function(e){          
        $scope.file = (e.srcElement || e.target).files[0];
        $scope.getFile();
      });          
    }        
  }
})

Working example: http://plnkr.co/edit/y5n16v?p=preview

Thanks to lalalalalmbda for this link.