AngularJs: How to check for changes in file input fields?

Question

I am new to angular. I am trying to read the uploaded file path from HTML \'file\' field whenever a \'change\' happens on this field. If i use \'onChange\' it works but when

Answer 1

This is a refinement of some of the other ones around, the data will end up in an ng-model, which is normally what you want.

Markup (just make an attribute data-file so the directive can find it)

JS

app.directive('file', function() {
    return {
        require:"ngModel",
        restrict: 'A',
        link: function($scope, el, attrs, ngModel){
            el.bind('change', function(event){
                var files = event.target.files;
                var file = files[0];

                ngModel.$setViewValue(file);
                $scope.$apply();
            });
        }
    };
});