Check file size before uploading it in React Uploader component

30 Jan 20233 minutes to read

By using the uploading event, you can get the file size before uploading it to the server.
File object contains the file size in bytes only. You can convert the size to standard formats (KB or MB) using bytesToSize method.

index.jsx

import { UploaderComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";
export default class App extends React.Component {
    uploadObj;
    path = {
        removeUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Remove',
        saveUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Save'
    };
    onBeforeUpload(args) {
        // get the file size in bytes
        const sizeInBytes = args.fileData.size;
        // get the file size in standard format
        alert("File size is: " + this.uploadObj.bytesToSize(sizeInBytes));
    }
    render() {
        return (<UploaderComponent autoUpload={false} ref={upload => { this.uploadObj = upload; }} asyncSettings={this.path} uploading={this.onBeforeUpload = this.onBeforeUpload.bind(this)}/>);
    }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('fileupload'));

index.tsx

import { UploaderComponent, UploadingEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom";

export default class App extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
  public uploadObj: UploaderComponent;
  public path: object = {
      removeUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Remove',
      saveUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/react/production/api/FileUploader/Save'
  }
  public onBeforeUpload(args: UploadingEventArgs): void {
    // get the file size in bytes
    const sizeInBytes: number = args.fileData.size;
    // get the file size in standard format
    alert("File size is: " + this.uploadObj.bytesToSize(sizeInBytes));
  }
  public render(): JSX.Element {
    return (
      <UploaderComponent autoUpload={false} ref = {upload => {this.uploadObj = upload !}} asyncSettings={this.path} uploading={this.onBeforeUpload = this.onBeforeUpload.bind(this)} />
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('fileupload'));

You can also explore React File Upload feature tour page for its groundbreaking features. You can also explore our React File Upload example to understand how to browse the files which you want to upload to the server.