Angularjs $http post file and form data

Question

I have the below request in python

import requests, json, io

cookie = {}
payload = {\"Name\":\"abc\"}
url = \"/test\"
file = \"out/test.json\"

fi = {\'file         


        

Answer 1

here is my solution:

// Controller
$scope.uploadImg = function( files ) {
  $scope.data.avatar = files[0];
}

$scope.update = function() {
  var formData = new FormData();
  formData.append('desc', data.desc);
  formData.append('avatar', data.avatar);
  SomeService.upload( formData );
}


// Service
upload: function( formData ) {
  var deferred = $q.defer();
  var url = "/upload"	;
  
  var request = {
    "url": url,
    "method": "POST",
    "data": formData,
    "headers": {
      'Content-Type' : undefined // important
    }
  };

  console.log(request);

  $http(request).success(function(data){
    deferred.resolve(data);
  }).error(function(error){
    deferred.reject(error);
  });
  return deferred.promise;
}


// backend use express and multer
// a part of the code
var multer = require('multer');
var storage = multer.diskStorage({
  destination: function (req, file, cb) {
    cb(null, '../public/img')
  },
  filename: function (req, file, cb) {
    cb(null, file.fieldname + '-' + Date.now() + '.jpg');
  }
})

var upload = multer({ storage: storage })
app.post('/upload', upload.single('avatar'), function(req, res, next) {
  // do something
  console.log(req.body);
  res.send(req.body);
});

<div>
  <input type="file" accept="image/*" onchange="angular.element( this ).scope().uploadImg( this.files )">
  <textarea ng-model="data.desc" />
  <button type="button" ng-click="update()">Update</button>
</div>

Answer 2

I had similar problem when had to upload file and send user token info at the same time. transformRequest along with forming FormData helped:

        $http({
            method: 'POST',
            url: '/upload-file',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'
            },
            data: {
                email: Utils.getUserInfo().email,
                token: Utils.getUserInfo().token,
                upload: $scope.file
            },
            transformRequest: function (data, headersGetter) {
                var formData = new FormData();
                angular.forEach(data, function (value, key) {
                    formData.append(key, value);
                });

                var headers = headersGetter();
                delete headers['Content-Type'];

                return formData;
            }
        })
        .success(function (data) {

        })
        .error(function (data, status) {

        });

For getting file $scope.file I used custom directive:

app.directive('file', function () {
    return {
        scope: {
            file: '='
        },
        link: function (scope, el, attrs) {
            el.bind('change', function (event) {
                var file = event.target.files[0];
                scope.file = file ? file : undefined;
                scope.$apply();
            });
        }
    };
});

Html:

<input type="file" file="file" required />