Angular 2 encode image to base64

Question

I want to encode the uploaded files to base64 so that I can pass them to the request. The problem is that I\'m using Angular 2 with Typescript and I couldn\'t find any info

Answer 1

So I find the solution:

compontent.ts

changeListener($event) : void {
  this.readThis($event.target);
}

readThis(inputValue: any): void {
  var file:File = inputValue.files[0];
  var myReader:FileReader = new FileReader();

  myReader.onloadend = (e) => {
    this.image = myReader.result;
  }
  myReader.readAsDataURL(file);
}

component.html

<input type="file" accept="image/*" (change)="changeListener($event)">

Answer 2

Here is the answer above wrapped in a reuseable component that ties into ngmodel.

import { NgModule, Component, Input, Output, ElementRef, forwardRef } from '@angular/core';
import { ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR } from '@angular/forms';
import { FormsModule } from "@angular/forms";

@Component({
    selector: 'file-upload',
    template:  `<input *ngIf="showFileNameInput" id="uploadFile" class="upload-file form-control" placeholder="Choose File" [(ngModel)]="selectedFileName" disabled="disabled" />
                <div class="fileUpload btn btn-primary">
                    <span>{{uploadButtonText}}</span>
                    <input type="file" class="upload" accept="*" (change)="changeListener($event)">
                </div>`,
    providers: [
        {
            provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
            useExisting: forwardRef(() => FileUploadComponent),
            multi: true
        }
    ]
})
export class FileUploadComponent implements ControlValueAccessor {
    selectedFileName: string = null;
    @Input() showFileNameInput: boolean;
    @Input() uploadButtonText: string;

    writeValue(value: any) {
       //Handle write value
    }
    propagateChange = (_: any) => { };
    registerOnChange(fn) {
        this.propagateChange = fn;
    }
    registerOnTouched() { }

    changeListener($event): void {
        // debugger; // uncomment this for debugging purposes
        this.readThis($event.target);
    }
    readThis(inputValue: any): void {
        // debugger; // uncomment this for debugging purposes
        var file: File = inputValue.files[0];
        var myReader: FileReader = new FileReader();

        myReader.onloadend = (e) => {
            this.propagateChange(myReader.result);
            this.selectedFileName = file.name;
        }
        myReader.readAsDataURL(file);
    }
}

@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        FileUploadComponent
    ],
    imports: [FormsModule],
    exports: [
        FileUploadComponent
    ]
})
export class FileUploadModule { }

Which can be used like

<file-upload [showFileNameInput]="true" allowedTypes="image/*" uploadButtonText="Upload File" [(ngModel)]="someProperty"></file-upload> 

Also some css that helped it blend into bootstrap on my site

/********************************/
/* File Upload */
.fileUpload {
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.fileUpload input.upload {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 20px;
    cursor: pointer;
    opacity: 0;
    filter: alpha(opacity=0);
}

.upload-file {
    &.form-control {
        width: auto;
        display: inherit;
    }
}

Answer 3

A possible solution using Rxjs

  import { fromEvent } from 'rxjs';
  import { pluck } from 'rxjs/operators';

   onUploadImage(event) {
    if (event.target.files.length > 0) {
      const fileReader = new FileReader();
      let imageToUpload = event.target.files.item(0);
      this.imageToBase64(fileReader, imageToUpload)
        .subscribe(base64image => {
          // do something with base64 image..
        });
    }
  }

  imageToBase64(fileReader: FileReader, fileToRead: File): Observable<string> {
    fileReader.readAsDataURL(fileToRead);
    return fromEvent(fileReader, 'load').pipe(pluck('currentTarget', 'result'));
  }

Answer 4

You can create a Wrapper class for the FileReader class to return an observable.Subscribe for it and on success use the .target to get the base64 for do whatever you want.

import {ReplaySubject} from "rxjs/ReplaySubject";
import {Observable} from "rxjs/Observable";

export class ObservableFileReader {

  constructor(){}

  public readFile(fileToRead: File): Observable<MSBaseReader>{
    let base64Observable = new ReplaySubject<MSBaseReader>(1);

    let fileReader = new FileReader();
    fileReader.onload = event => {
        base64Observable.next(fileReader.result);
    };
    fileReader.readAsDataURL(fileToRead);

    return base64Observable;
   }
}