How would one handle a file upload with Meteor?

Question

What would be the canonical way to handle a file upload with Meteor?

Answer 1

I used http://filepicker.io. They'll upload the file, store it into your S3, and return you a URL where the file is. Then I just plop the url into a DB.

1. Wget the filepicker script into your client folder.

   wget https://api.filepicker.io/v0/filepicker.js
   

2. Insert a filepicker input tag

3. In the startup, initialize it:

   Meteor.startup( function() {
       filepicker.setKey("YOUR FILEPICKER API KEY");
       filepicker.constructWidget(document.getElementById('attachment'));
   });
   

4. Attach a event handler

   Templates.template.events({
       'change #attachment': function(evt){
           console.log(evt.files);
       }
   });