FileUpload - Documentation | www.HtmlElements.com

Overview

Smart.FileUpload is an element which can be used to select files and upload them to a server. User can upload single file, multiple files, directories(supported in Firefox and Google Chrome). The element allows file upload by dropping files on custom surface.

Getting Started

Getting Started with FileUpload Web Component

Smart UI for Web Components is distributed as smart-webcomponents NPM package. You can also get the full download from our website with all demos from the Download page.

Setup the FileUpload

Smart UI for Web Components is distributed as smart-webcomponents NPM package

  1. Download and install the package.

    npm install smart-webcomponents

  2. Once installed, import the FileUpload module in your application.

    <script type="module" src="node_modules/smart-webcomponents/source/modules/smart.fileupload.js"></script>

  3. Adding CSS reference

    The smart.default.css CSS file should be referenced using following code.

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="node_modules/smart-webcomponents/source/styles/smart.default.css" />

  4. Add the FileUpload tag to your Web Page

    <smart-file-upload id="fileupload"></smart-file-upload>

  5. Create the FileUpload Component

    	<script type="module">
		Smart('#fileupload', class {
			get properties() {
				return [object Object]
			}
		});
	</script>

    Another option is to create the FileUpload is by using the traditional Javascript way:
    	const fileupload = document.createElement('smart-file-upload');

	fileupload.disabled = true;
	document.body.appendChild(fileupload);

    Smart framework provides a way to dynamically create a web component on demand from a DIV tag which is used as a host. The following imports the web component's module and creates it on demand, when the document is ready. The #fileupload is the ID of a DIV tag.

    	import "../../source/modules/smart.fileupload.js";

	document.readyState === 'complete' ? init() : window.onload = init;

	function init() { 
		const fileupload = new Smart.FileUpload('#fileupload', [object Object]);
	}

  6. Open the page in your web server.

Appearance

File upload's structure contains browse button, file list(with all selected files), footer(with common buttons) and optional drop zone.
When an element is empty, it contains only 'browse' button. When user browses file/files, they are displayed in list. Below that list, is shown footer, contained following buttons - "Upload All", "Cancel All", "Pause All".

uploadUrl property defines path to the server that will handle the files, sent from the element. If this property is not set, as destination is used current location.

Demo

 <smart-file-upload upload-url="upload.php"></smart-file-upload>

Each file list item is visualized in container, included file name and buttons(Upload File, Cancel File, Pause File ).
Both "Upload File" and "Cancel File" buttons are shown permanently. "Pause File" is shown during the proces of upload to the server.

Demo

Setting "showProgress" to true includes additional progressbar at the bottom of the item's container.

Demo

User can upload files by dropping them in zone, defined by the value of "dropZone" property.

If 'dropZone' is set to true - the drop area is displayed inside the element.

Demo

 <smart-file-upload multiple drop-zone></smart-file-upload>

If "dropZone" is set to custom string(id of an element in the same page) - the drop area is append to the element with this .

Demo

 <div id="dropZoneCustomContainer"></div>
 <smart-file-upload multiple drop-zone="dropZoneCustomContainer"></smart-file-upload>

The file list also can be moved outside of the element by setting "appendTo" property to particular element's id.

Demo

 <smart-file-upload multiple append-to="fileListCustomContainer"></smart-file-upload>
 <div id="fileListCustomContainer"></div>

Behavior

By default File Upload allows single file.

Demo

Setting "multiple" to true allows upload of multiple files at the same time.

Demo

 <smart-file-upload multiple></smart-file-upload>

Setting "directory" to true allows upload of a directory. This feature works in part of the browsers(Google Chrome and Firefox for example)

Demo

 <smart-file-upload directory></smart-file-upload>

The element allows auto upload mode, when "autoUpload" is set to true. In this case file are uploaded immediatelly after their selection.

Demo

 <smart-file-upload auto-upload></smart-file-upload>

smartFileUpload's files can be validated via "validateFile" callback. As parameter is used an object, represented uploaded file. If the validation fails is fired "validationError" and file is not added to the file list.

Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../source/styles/smart.default.css" type="text/css" />
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../../source/smart.element.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../../source/smart.button.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../../source/smart.fileupload.js"></script>
 <script>
        window.onload = function () {
            const fileUpload = document.querySelector('smart-file-upload');
            fileUpload.validateFile = function (file) {
                if (file.size > 204800) {
                    return false;
                }
                return true;
            };
        }
 </script>
</head>
<body>
 <smart-file-upload></smart-file-upload>
</body>
</html>

During process of upload the server response can vary. User can handle various cases via responseHandler

Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../source/styles/smart.default.css" type="text/css" />
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../../source/smart.element.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../../source/smart.button.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="../../source/smart.fileupload.js"></script>
 <script>
        window.onload = function () {
            const fileUpload = document.querySelector('smart-file-upload');
            fileUpload.responseHandler = function (xhr) {
                if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
                    console.log(xhr.responseText);
                }
            };
        }
 </script>
</head>
<body>
 <smart-file-upload></smart-file-upload>
</body>
</html>

Methods

The element offers the following methods:

  • browse - browses for a file.
  • cancelAll - cancels all selected files. Files are removed from the file list and their upload is prevented.
  • cancelFile - cancels a file with particular file index. File is removed from the file list and it's upload is prevented.
  • pauseAll - pauses upload of all files. Files upload is prevented but files are ramaining in the file list.
  • pauseFile - pauses upload of a file with particular file index. File upload is prevented but file ramains in the file list.
  • uploadAll - uploads all selected files.
  • uploadFile - uploads file by given file's index.

Events

The element fires the following events:

  • fileSelected - triggered when a file has been selected.
  • uploadCanceled - triggered when a file upload operation is canceled.
  • uploadCompleted - triggered when a file upload operation is completed succesfully.
  • uploadError - triggered when during the file upload process something happens and upload fails.
  • uploadPaused - triggered when a file upload operation is paused.
  • uploadStarted - triggered when a file upload operation is started.
  • validationError - triggered if the validation of a user defined 'validateFile' callback fails.

Create, Append, Remove, Get/Set Property, Invoke Method, Bind to Event


Create a new element:
	const fileupload = document.createElement('smart-file-upload');

Append it to the DOM: 
	document.body.appendChild(fileupload);

Remove it from the DOM: 
	fileupload.parentNode.removeChild(fileupload);

Set a property: 
	fileupload.propertyName = propertyValue;

Get a property value: 
	const propertyValue = fileupload.propertyName;

Invoke a method: 
	fileupload.methodName(argument1, argument2);

Add Event Listener: 
	const eventHandler = (event) => {
	   // your code here.
	};

	fileupload.addEventListener(eventName, eventHandler);

Remove Event Listener: 
	fileupload.removeEventListener(eventName, eventHandler, true);

Using with Typescript

Smart Web Components package includes TypeScript definitions which enables strongly-typed access to the Smart UI Components and their configuration.

Inside the download package, the typescript directory contains .d.ts file for each web component and a smart.elements.d.ts typescript definitions file for all web components. Copy the typescript definitions file to your project and in your TypeScript file add a reference to smart.elements.d.ts

Read more about using Smart UI with Typescript.

Getting Started with Angular FileUpload Component

Setup Angular Environment

Angular provides the easiest way to set angular CLI projects using Angular CLI tool.

Install the CLI application globally to your machine. 

npm install -g @angular/cli

Create a new Application

ng new smart-angular-fileupload

Navigate to the created project folder 

cd smart-angular-fileupload

Setup the FileUpload

Smart UI for Angular is distributed as smart-webcomponents-angular NPM package

  1. Download and install the package.
    npm install smart-webcomponents-angular
  2. Adding CSS reference

    The following CSS file is available in ../node_modules/smart-webcomponents-angular/ package folder. This can be referenced in [src/styles.css] using following code. 

    @import 'smart-webcomponents-angular/source/styles/smart.default.css';

    Another way to achieve the same is to edit the angular.json file and in the styles add the style. 

    "styles": [
		"node_modules/smart-webcomponents-angular/source/styles/smart.default.css"
	]
    If you want to use Bootstrap, Fluent or other themes available in the package, you need to add them after 'smart.default.css'.
  3. Example with Angular Standalone Components


    app.component.html

     <div class="demo-description">File Upload - Component which allows you to upload one or multiple files.</div>
<smart-file-upload #fileupload upload-url=""></smart-file-upload>

    app.component.ts

     import { Component, ViewChild, OnInit, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { FileUploadComponent } from 'smart-webcomponents-angular/fileupload';


import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
import { RouterOutlet } from '@angular/router';
import { FileUploadModule } from 'smart-webcomponents-angular/fileupload';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
	standalone: true,
	imports: [CommonModule, FileUploadModule, RouterOutlet],
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
	styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})

export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnInit {	
	@ViewChild('fileupload', { read: FileUploadComponent, static: false }) fileupload!: FileUploadComponent;
	
 
	ngOnInit(): void {
		// onInit code.
	}

	ngAfterViewInit(): void {
		// afterViewInit code.
		this.init();
    }
		
	init(): void {
		// init code.
	    

	}	
}

  4. Example with Angular NGModule


    app.component.html

     <div class="demo-description">File Upload - Component which allows you to upload one or multiple files.</div>
<smart-file-upload #fileupload upload-url=""></smart-file-upload>

    app.component.ts

     import { Component, ViewChild, OnInit, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { FileUploadComponent } from 'smart-webcomponents-angular/fileupload';


@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
	styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})

export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnInit {	
	@ViewChild('fileupload', { read: FileUploadComponent, static: false }) fileupload!: FileUploadComponent;
	
 
	ngOnInit(): void {
		// onInit code.
	}

	ngAfterViewInit(): void {
		// afterViewInit code.
		this.init();
    }
		
	init(): void {
		// init code.
	    

	}	
}

    app.module.ts

     import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';

import { FileUploadModule } from 'smart-webcomponents-angular/fileupload';

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [ AppComponent ],
    imports: [ BrowserModule, FileUploadModule ],
    bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
})

export class AppModule { }


Running the Angular application

After completing the steps required to render a FileUpload, run the following command to display the output in your web browser

ng serve
and open localhost:4200 in your favorite web browser.

Read more about using Smart UI for Angular: https://www.htmlelements.com/docs/angular-cli/.

Getting Started with React FileUpload Component

Setup React Environment

The easiest way to start with React is to use NextJS Next.js is a full-stack React framework. It’s versatile and lets you create React apps of any size—from a mostly static blog to a complex dynamic application.

npx create-next-app my-app
cd my-app
npm run dev
or 
yarn create next-app my-app
cd my-app
yarn run dev

Preparation

Setup the FileUpload

Smart UI for React is distributed as smart-webcomponents-react package

  1. Download and install the package.

    In your React Next.js project, run one of the following commands to install Smart UI FileUpload for React

    With NPM: 

    npm install smart-webcomponents-react
    With Yarn: 
    yarn add smart-webcomponents-react

  2. Once installed, import the React FileUpload Component and CSS files in your application and render it. app.js

    import 'smart-webcomponents-react/source/styles/smart.default.css';
import React from "react";
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
import { FileUpload } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/fileupload';

class App extends React.Component {
	render() {
		return (
			<div>
				<div className="demo-description">File Upload - Component which allows you to upload one or multiple files.</div>
				<FileUpload
					uploadUrl=""></FileUpload>
			</div>
		);
	}
}



export default App;

Running the React application

Start the app with 
npm run dev
or 
yarn run dev
and open localhost:3000 in your favorite web browser to see the output.

Setup with Vite

Vite (French word for "quick", pronounced /vit/, like "veet") is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects
With NPM: 
npm create vite@latest
With Yarn: 
yarn create vite
Then follow the prompts and choose React as a project.

Navigate to your project's directory. By default it is 'vite-project' and install Smart UI for React

In your Vite project, run one of the following commands to install Smart UI FileUpload for React

With NPM: 

npm install smart-webcomponents-react
With Yarn: 
yarn add smart-webcomponents-react

Open src/App.tsx App.tsx

import 'smart-webcomponents-react/source/styles/smart.default.css';
import React from "react";
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
import { FileUpload } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/fileupload';

class App extends React.Component {
	render() {
		return (
			<div>
				<div className="demo-description">File Upload - Component which allows you to upload one or multiple files.</div>
				<FileUpload
					uploadUrl=""></FileUpload>
			</div>
		);
	}
}



export default App;

Read more about using Smart UI for React: https://www.htmlelements.com/docs/react/.

Getting Started with Vue FileUpload Component


Setup Vue with Vite

In this section we will introduce how to scaffold a Vue Single Page Application on your local machine. The created project will be using a build setup based on Vite and allow us to use Vue Single-File Components (SFCs). Run the following command in your command line 
npm create vue@latest
This command will install and execute create-vue, the official Vue project scaffolding tool. You will be presented with prompts for several optional features such as TypeScript and testing support: 
✔ Project name: … 
✔ Add TypeScript? … No / Yes
✔ Add JSX Support? … No / Yes
✔ Add Vue Router for Single Page Application development? … No / Yes
✔ Add Pinia for state management? … No / Yes
✔ Add Vitest for Unit testing? … No / Yes
✔ Add an End-to-End Testing Solution? … No / Cypress / Playwright
✔ Add ESLint for code quality? … No / Yes
✔ Add Prettier for code formatting? … No / Yes

Scaffolding project in ./...
Done.
If you are unsure about an option, simply choose No by hitting enter for now. Once the project is created, follow the instructions to install dependencies and start the dev server: 
cd 
npm install
npm install smart-webcomponents
npm run dev

  • Make Vue ignore custom elements defined outside of Vue (e.g., using the Web Components APIs). Otherwise, it will throw a warning about an Unknown custom element, assuming that you forgot to register a global component or misspelled a component name.

    Open vite.config.js in your favorite text editor and change its contents to the following:

    vite.config.js

    import { fileURLToPath, URL } from 'node:url'

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    vue({
      template: {
        compilerOptions: {
          isCustomElement: tag => tag.startsWith('smart-')
        }
      }
    })
  ],
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      '@': fileURLToPath(new URL('./src', import.meta.url))
    }
  }
})
  • Open src/App.vue in your favorite text editor and change its contents to the following:

    App.vue 

    <template>
  <div class="vue-root">
    <div class="demo-description">File Upload | Events which are raised by the Web Component</div>
    <div class="container">
      <smart-file-upload multiple upload-url></smart-file-upload>
    </div>
    <div class="container" id="eventContainer">
      <h2>Events:</h2>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import { onMounted } from "vue";
import "smart-webcomponents/source/styles/smart.default.css";
import "smart-webcomponents/source/modules/smart.fileupload.js";

export default {
  name: "app",
  setup() {
    onMounted(() => {
      const fileUpload = document.getElementsByTagName("smart-file-upload")[0];
      const eventContainer = document.getElementById("eventContainer");
      fileUpload.addEventListener("fileSelected", event =>
        printEventName(event)
      );
      fileUpload.addEventListener("uploadCanceled", event =>
        printEventName(event)
      );
      fileUpload.addEventListener("uploadCompleted", event =>
        printEventName(event)
      );
      fileUpload.addEventListener("uploadError", event =>
        printEventName(event)
      );
      fileUpload.addEventListener("uploadPaused", event =>
        printEventName(event)
      );
      fileUpload.addEventListener("uploadStarted", event =>
        printEventName(event)
      );
      fileUpload.addEventListener("validationError", event =>
        printEventName(event)
      );

      function printEventName(event) {
        const item = document.createElement("div");
        item.innerHTML = item.innerHTML + event.type + "<br />";
        eventContainer.appendChild(item);
      }
    });
  }
};
</script>

<style>
</style>
    We can now use the smart-file-upload with Vue 3. Data binding and event handlers will just work right out of the box.

Running the Vue application

Start the app with 
npm run dev
and open http://localhost:5173/ in your favorite web browser to see the output below:
When you are ready to ship your app to production, run the following: 
npm run build
This will create a production-ready build of your app in the project's ./dist directory.

Read more about using Smart UI for Vue: https://www.htmlelements.com/docs/vue/.