Send FormData with other field in AngularJS - angularjs

Question

I have a form with two input text and one upload. I have to send it to the server but I have some problem concatenating the file with the text. The server expects this answer:
"title=first_input" "text=second_input" "file=my_file.pdf"
This is the html:
<input type="text" ng-model="title">
<input type="text" ng-model="text">
<input type="file" file-model="myFile"/>
<button ng-click="send()">
This is the Controller:
$scope.title = null;
$scope.text = null;
$scope.send = function(){
var file = $scope.myFile;
var uploadUrl = 'my_url';
blockUI.start();
Add.uploadFileToUrl(file, $scope.newPost.title, $scope.newPost.text, uploadUrl);
};
This is the Directive fileModel:
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
var model = $parse(attrs.fileModel);
var modelSetter = model.assign;
element.bind('change', function(){
scope.$apply(function(){
modelSetter(scope, element[0].files[0]);
});
});
}
};
And this is the Service which call the server:
this.uploadFileToUrl = function(file, title, text, uploadUrl){
var fd = new FormData();
fd.append('file', file);
var obj = {
title: title,
text: text,
file: fd
};
var newObj = JSON.stringify(obj);
$http.post(uploadUrl, newObj, {
transformRequest: angular.identity,
headers: {'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'}
})
.success(function(){
blockUI.stop();
})
.error(function(error){
toaster.pop('error', 'Errore', error);
});
}
If I try to send, I get Error 400, and the response is: Multipart form parse error - Invalid boundary in multipart: None.
The Payload of Request is: {"title":"sadf","text":"sdfsadf","file":{}}

Answer 1

Don't serialize FormData with POSTing to server. Do this:
this.uploadFileToUrl = function(file, title, text, uploadUrl){
var payload = new FormData();
payload.append("title", title);
payload.append('text', text);
payload.append('file', file);
return $http({
url: uploadUrl,
method: 'POST',
data: payload,
//assign content-type as undefined, the browser
//will assign the correct boundary for us
headers: { 'Content-Type': undefined},
//prevents serializing payload. don't do it.
transformRequest: angular.identity
});
}
Then use it:
MyService.uploadFileToUrl(file, title, text, uploadUrl).then(successCallback).catch(errorCallback);

Answer 2

Here is the complete solution
html code,
create the text anf file upload fields as shown below
<div class="form-group">
<div>
<label for="usr">User Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="usr" ng-model="model.username">
</div>
<div>
<label for="pwd">Password:</label>
<input type="password" id="pwd" ng-model="model.password">
</div><hr>
<div>
<div class="col-lg-6">
<input type="file" file-model="model.somefile"/>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<label for="dob">Dob:</label>
<input type="date" id="dob" ng-model="model.dob">
</div>
<div>
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email"id="email" ng-model="model.email">
</div>
<button type="submit" ng-click="saveData(model)" >Submit</button>
directive code
create a filemodel directive to parse file
.directive('fileModel', ['$parse', function ($parse) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
var model = $parse(attrs.fileModel);
var modelSetter = model.assign;
element.bind('change', function(){
scope.$apply(function(){
modelSetter(scope, element[0].files[0]);
});
});
}
};}]);
Service code
append the file and fields to form data and do $http.post as shown below
remember to keep 'Content-Type': undefined
.service('fileUploadService', ['$http', function ($http) {
this.uploadFileToUrl = function(file, username, password, dob, email, uploadUrl){
var myFormData = new FormData();
myFormData.append('file', file);
myFormData.append('username', username);
myFormData.append('password', password);
myFormData.append('dob', dob);
myFormData.append('email', email);
$http.post(uploadUrl, myFormData, {
transformRequest: angular.identity,
headers: {'Content-Type': undefined}
})
.success(function(){
})
.error(function(){
});
}
}]);
In controller
Now in controller call the service by sending required data to be appended in parameters,
$scope.saveData = function(model){
var file = model.myFile;
var uploadUrl = "/api/createUsers";
fileUpload.uploadFileToUrl(file, model.username, model.password, model.dob, model.email, uploadUrl);
};

Answer 3

You're sending JSON-formatted data to a server which isn't expecting that format. You already provided the format that the server needs, so you'll need to format it yourself which is pretty simple.
var data = '"title='+title+'" "text='+text+'" "file='+file+'"';
$http.post(uploadUrl, data)

Answer 4

This never gonna work, you can't stringify your FormData object.
You should do this:
this.uploadFileToUrl = function(file, title, text, uploadUrl){
var fd = new FormData();
fd.append('title', title);
fd.append('text', text);
fd.append('file', file);
$http.post(uploadUrl, obj, {
transformRequest: angular.identity,
headers: {'Content-Type': undefined}
})
.success(function(){
blockUI.stop();
})
.error(function(error){
toaster.pop('error', 'Errore', error);
});
}

Answer 5

Using $resource in AngularJS you can do:
task.service.js
$ngTask.factory("$taskService", [
"$resource",
function ($resource) {
var taskModelUrl = 'api/task/';
return {
rest: {
taskUpload: $resource(taskModelUrl, {
id: '#id'
}, {
save: {
method: "POST",
isArray: false,
headers: {"Content-Type": undefined},
transformRequest: angular.identity
}
})
}
};
}
]);
And then use it in a module:
task.module.js
$ngModelTask.controller("taskController", [
"$scope",
"$taskService",
function (
$scope,
$taskService,
) {
$scope.saveTask = function (name, file) {
var newTask,
payload = new FormData();
payload.append("name", name);
payload.append("file", file);
newTask = $taskService.rest.taskUpload.save(payload);
// check if exists
}
}

Answer 6

Assume that we want to get a list of certain images from a PHP server using the POST method.
You have to provide two parameters in the form for the POST method. Here is how you are going to do.
app.controller('gallery-item', function ($scope, $http) {
var url = 'service.php';
var data = new FormData();
data.append("function", 'getImageList');
data.append('dir', 'all');
$http.post(url, data, {
transformRequest: angular.identity,
headers: {'Content-Type': undefined}
}).then(function (response) {
// This function handles success
console.log('angular:', response);
}, function (response) {
// this function handles error
});
});
I have tested it on my system and it works.