Call the file dialog directly in your code
npm install file-dialog 
Directly call the file browser dialog from your code, and get back the resulting array of FileList. Handy for when you need to post files via AJAX/Fetch. No more hacky hiding of elements. Support for Callbacks & Promises!
- Supports CommonJS, AMD, and global
- No JQuery needed, tiny (1.25 KB), with no dependencies
- Supports selecting multiple files and the file type 'accepts' attribute (see examples below)
- Support for all major browsers
1. npm install file-dialog --save
2. Require it const fileDialog = require('file-dialog') or with ES6 modules import fileDialog from 'file-dialog'
3. Note: If you want to support older browsers make sure you have babel enabled.
fileDialogGet a File via a promise and POST to server via Fetch
``javascript
fileDialog()
.then(file => {
const data = new FormData()
data.append('file', file[0])
data.append('imageName', 'flower')
// Post to server
fetch('/uploadImage', {
method: 'POST',
body: data
})
})
`
Allow user to select only an image file
`javascript`
fileDialog({ accept: 'image/*' })
.then(files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})
Allow user to select only images or videos
`javascript`
fileDialog({ accept: ['image/', 'video/'] })
.then(files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})
Allow user to select multiple image files at once
`javascript`
fileDialog({ multiple: true, accept: 'image/*' })
.then(files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})
Classic callback version of the above
`javascript``
fileDialog({ multiple: true, accept: 'image/*' }, files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})