Ionic app image upload from camera / photo library

Question

I\'m working on a ionic chat app where the user can upload a photo as part of their message. I\'m looking for a way to upload the image to my webhost server so I can retriev

Answer 1

the app I am building for a company had the same issue, what we did is we just posted the image to our server as a base64 string. Then you can simple pull the string from the database and display it in a div. We used the NgCordova camera and then just pass in the data from the takePhoto function.

$scope.takePhoto = function () {
            $ionicScrollDelegate.scrollTop();
            console.log('fired camera');
            $scope.uploadList = false;
            $ionicPlatform.ready(function() {
                var options = {
                    quality: 100,
                    destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.DATA_URL,
                    sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.CAMERA,
                    allowEdit: false,
                    encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.PNG,
                    targetWidth: 800,
                    targetHeight: 1100,
                    popoverOptions: CameraPopoverOptions,
                    saveToPhotoAlbum: false
                };
                $cordovaCamera.getPicture(options).then(function (imageData) {
                    $ionicLoading.show({
                        template: 'Processing Image',
                        duration: 2000
                    });
                    $scope.image = "data:image/png;base64," + imageData;
                    if (ionic.Platform.isAndroid() === true) {
                        $scope.Data.Image = LZString.compressToUTF16($scope.image);
                        $scope.Data.isCompressed = 1;
                    } else {
                        $scope.Data.Image = $scope.image;
                        $scope.Data.isCompressed = 0;
                    }
                    if ($scope.tutorial) {
                        $scope.showAlert("Instructions: Step 3", '
Now that you have taken a photo of the POD form, you must upload it to the server. Press the upload doc button in the bottom right of the screen.
');
                    }
                    $scope.on('')
                }, function (err) {
                    console.log(err);
                });
            }, false);
        };

 $scope.UploadDoc = function () {
            var req = {
                method: 'POST',
                url: ffService.baseUrlAuth + 'cc/upload',
                headers: {
                    'x-access-token': ffService.token
                },
                data: $scope.Data
            };
            if ($scope.Data.Image === null || $scope.Data.Value === '') {
                $scope.showAlert("Uh Oh!", '
Please take a photo of your document before attempting an upload.
');
            } else {
                $http(req).success(function (data, status, headers, config) {
                    localStorage.setItem('tutorial', false);
                    $scope.tutorial = false;
                    $scope.getUploads($scope.PODOrder.OrderNo);
                    $scope.showAlert("Success!", '
Your Document has been successfully uploaded!
');
                    $scope.uploadList = true;
                }).error(function (data, status, headers, config) {
                    $rootScope.$broadcast('loading:hide');
                    $scope.showAlert("Something went wrong!", '
Please make sure you have an internet connection and try again.
');
                }).then(function(data, status, headers, config){
                    $scope.Data.Image = null;
                });
            }
        };