AngularJS - Upload File

We are providing an example of Upload File. To develop this app, we have used HTML, CSS and AngularJS. Following example shows about how to upload the file using AngularJS.

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js">
      </script>
   </head>
   
   <body ng-app = "myApp">
	
      <div ng-controller = "myCtrl">
         <input type = "file" file-model = "myFile"/>
         <button ng-click = "uploadFile()">upload me</button>
      </div>
      
      <script>
         var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
         
         myApp.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.$apply(function() {
                        modelSetter(scope, element[0].files[0]);
                     });
                  });
               }
            };
         }]);
         myApp.service('fileUpload', ['$https:', function ($https:) {
            this.uploadFileToUrl = function(file, uploadUrl) {
               var fd = new FormData();
               fd.append('file', file);
            
               $https:.post(uploadUrl, fd, {
                  transformRequest: angular.identity,
                  headers: {'Content-Type': undefined}
               })
               .success(function() {
               })
               .error(function() {
               });
            }
         }]);
         myApp.controller('myCtrl', ['$scope', 'fileUpload', function($scope, fileUpload) {
            $scope.uploadFile = function() {
               
               var file = $scope.myFile;
               console.log('file is ' );
               console.dir(file);
               var uploadUrl = "/fileUpload";
               fileUpload.uploadFileToUrl(file, uploadUrl);
            };
         }]);
      </script>
      
   </body>
</html>

Result

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