Getting started in EJ2 TypeScript Uploader control
3 Nov 202316 minutes to read
This section explains how to create a simple Uploader component and configure its available functionalities in TypeScript, using Essential JS 2 quickstart seed repository.
This application is integrated with the
webpack.config.js
configuration and uses the latest version of the webpack-cli. It requires nodev14.15.0
or higher. For more information about webpack and its features, refer to the webpack documentation.
Dependencies
The following are the dependencies required to use the uploader component in your application:
|-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
|-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
|-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
Set up development environment
Open the command prompt from the required directory, and run the following command to clone the Syncfusion JavaScript (Essential JS 2) quickstart project from GitHub.
git clone https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/ej2-quickstart-webpack- ej2-quickstart
After cloning the application in the ej2-quickstart
folder, run the following command line to navigate to the ej2-quickstart
folder.
cd ej2-quickstart
Add Syncfusion JavaScript packages
Syncfusion JavaScript (Essential JS 2) packages are available on the npmjs.com public registry. You can install all Syncfusion JavaScript (Essential JS 2) controls in a single @syncfusion/ej2 package or individual packages for each control.
The quickstart application is preconfigured with the dependent @syncfusion/ej2 package in the ~/package.json
file. Use the following command to install the dependent npm packages from the command prompt.
npm install
Import the Syncfusion CSS styles
To render Uploader component, need to import inputs and its dependent components styles as given below in the ~/src/styles/styles.css
file, as shown below:
@import '../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css';
@import '../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css';
@import '../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css';
@import '../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css';
Initialize the uploader
The uploader can be initialized through input tag. Add the HTML input element that needs to be initialized as a uploader in index.html
.
[src/index.html]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Essential JS 2 Uploader component</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
<div id='container' style="margin:0 auto; width:300px;">
<!--element which is going to render the Uploader-->
<input type="file" id='fileupload' />
</div>
</body>
</html>
The Custom Resource Generator (CRG) is an online web tool, which can be used to generate the custom script and styles for a set of specific components.
This web tool is useful to combine the required component scripts and styles in a single file.
Now, import the uploader component to your app.ts
and initialize it to the element #fileupload
as follows.
[src/app/app.ts]
import { Uploader } from '@syncfusion/ej2-inputs';
// initialize Uploader component
let uploadObject: Uploader = new Uploader();
// render initialized Uploader
uploadObject.appendTo('#fileupload');
Run the application
After completing the configuration to render the basic uploader, run the following command to display the output in your default browser.
npm run start
From v16.2.41 version, the
Essential JS2 AJAX
library has been integrated for uploader server requests. Hence, use the third partypromise
library like blue-bird to use the uploader in Internet Explorer.
The following example illustrates the output in your browser.
import { Uploader } from '@syncfusion/ej2-inputs';
// initialize Uploader component
let uploadObject: Uploader = new Uploader({
// disable the auto upload functionalities
autoUpload: false
});
// render initialized Uploader
uploadObject.appendTo('#fileupload');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Essential JS 2 UPloader</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Uploader Component" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
<script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
<div id='container' class="fileupload">
<input type="file" id="fileupload" name="UploadFiles"/>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
#container {
visibility: hidden;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 400px;
}
#loader {
color: #008cff;
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
font-size: 14px;
height: 40px;
left: 45%;
position: absolute;
top: 45%;
width: 30%;
}
Adding drop area
By default, the uploader component allows to upload files by drag the files from file explorer, and drop into the drop area. You can configure any other external element as drop target using dropArea property.
In the following sample, drop target is configured.
import { Uploader } from '@syncfusion/ej2-inputs';
// initialize Uploader component
let uploadObject: Uploader = new Uploader({
autoUpload: false,
dropArea: document.getElementById('droparea')
});
// render initialized Uploader
uploadObject.appendTo('#fileupload');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Essential JS 2 Uploader</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Uploader Component" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
<script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
<div id='container' style='width: 90%'>
<div id='droparea' >
Drop files here to upload
</div>
<div id='uploadfile' >
<input type="file" id="fileupload" name="UploadFiles"/>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
#container {
visibility: hidden;
padding-left: 5%;
width: 100%;
}
#loader {
color: #008cff;
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
font-size: 14px;
height: 40px;
left: 45%;
position: absolute;
top: 45%;
width: 30%;
}
.fileupload {
margin: 20px auto;
width: 400px;
}
#droparea {
padding: 50px 25px;
margin: 30px auto;
border: 1px solid #c3c3c3;
text-align: center;
width: 20%;
display: inline-flex;
}
.e-file-select,
.e-file-drop {
display: none;
}
body .e-upload-drag-hover {
outline: 2px dashed brown;
}
#uploadfile {
width: 60%;
display: inline-flex;
margin-left: 5%;
}
Configure asynchronous settings
The uploader component process the files to upload in Asynchronous mode by default. Define the properties saveUrl and removeUrl to handle the save and remove action as follows.
import { Uploader } from '@syncfusion/ej2-inputs';
// initialize Uploader component
let uploadObject: Uploader = new Uploader({
asyncSettings: {
saveUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/FileUploader/Save',
removeUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/FileUploader/Remove'
}
});
// render initialized Uploader
uploadObject.appendTo('#fileupload');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Essential JS 2 Uploader</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Uploader Component" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
<script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
<div id='container'>
<input type="file" id="fileupload" name="UploadFiles"/>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
#container {
visibility: hidden;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 400px;
}
#loader {
color: #008cff;
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
font-size: 14px;
height: 40px;
left: 45%;
position: absolute;
top: 45%;
width: 30%;
}
Handle success and failed upload
You can handle the success and failure actions using the success and failure events. To handle these event, define the function and assign it to corresponding event as follows.
import { Uploader } from '@syncfusion/ej2-inputs';
// initialize Uploader component
let uploadObject: Uploader = new Uploader({
asyncSettings: {
saveUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/FileUploader/Save',
removeUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/FileUploader/Remove'
},
success: onUploadSuccess,
failure: onUploadFailure
});
// render initialized Uploader
uploadObject.appendTo('#fileupload');
function onUploadSuccess(args: any): void {
if (args.operation === 'upload') {
console.log('File uploaded successfully');
}
}
function onUploadFailure(args: any): void {
console.log('File failed to upload');
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Essential JS 2 Uploader</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 Uploader Component" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
<script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
<div id='container'>
<input type="file" id="fileupload" name="UploadFiles"/>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
#container {
visibility: hidden;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 400px;
}
#loader {
color: #008cff;
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','calibiri';
font-size: 14px;
height: 40px;
left: 45%;
position: absolute;
top: 45%;
width: 30%;
}
You can also explore TypeScript File Upload feature tour page for its groundbreaking features. You can also explore our TypeScript File Upload example that shows how to render the file upload and browse the files which you want to upload to the server.