How to send an image to an api in dart/flutter?

Question

I saw other questions, but thats not what i want, i dont want to upload an image to a server, i dont want to convert to base64...

I only want to post a file in a fo

Answer 1

If you are sending the image to PHP Laravel Server. Try reducing the size of the image while sending it to the server. I used Image Picker package to reduce the size of the image.

var image = await ImagePicker.pickImage(source: imageSource, imageQuality: 50, maxHeight: 500.0, maxWidth: 500.0);

Then create a multipart file with that image, add it to form data, and send the form data to the server using post request with dio library. See @Elialber Lopes answer for sending the data.

It worked for me.

Answer 2

 import 'package:dio/dio.dart'; //From 3.x.x version

    uploadImage(){
        var formData = FormData();
        formData.files.add(MapEntry("Picture", await MultipartFile.fromFile(data.foto.path, filename: "pic-name.png"), ));
        var response = await dio.client.post('v1/post', data: formdata);
    }

Answer 3

The simplest method would be to post a multipart request like in this post and then post it to the server.

Make sure to import these in the beginning of the file:

import 'package:path/path.dart';
import 'package:async/async.dart';
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'dart:convert';

Add this class somewhere in your code:

upload(File imageFile) async {    
      // open a bytestream
      var stream = new http.ByteStream(DelegatingStream.typed(imageFile.openRead()));
      // get file length
      var length = await imageFile.length();

      // string to uri
      var uri = Uri.parse("http://ip:8082/composer/predict");

      // create multipart request
      var request = new http.MultipartRequest("POST", uri);

      // multipart that takes file
      var multipartFile = new http.MultipartFile('file', stream, length,
          filename: basename(imageFile.path));

      // add file to multipart
      request.files.add(multipartFile);

      // send
      var response = await request.send();
      print(response.statusCode);

      // listen for response
      response.stream.transform(utf8.decoder).listen((value) {
        print(value);
      });
    }

Then upload using:

upload(File(filePath));

In your code:

void onTakePictureButtonPressed() {
    takePicture().then((String filePath) {
      if (mounted) {
        setState(() {
          imagePath = filePath;
          videoController?.dispose();
          videoController = null;
        });

       // initiate file upload
       Upload(File(filePath));

        if (filePath != null) showInSnackBar('Picture saved to $filePath');
      }
    });
  }