Dropload-component NPM

upload

file upload and progress api

Installation

$ component install component/upload

Events

error (err) an error occurred
upload (upload) a file was dropped

Example

var Dropload = require('dropload');
var drop = Dropload(document.getElementById('drop'));

drop.validate(function(file, fn){
  var limit = 1024 * 1024;
  var type = file.type.split('/')[0];
  if ('image' != type) return fn(new Error("that's not an image :)"));
  if (file.size > limit) return fn(new Error('file size of 1mb exceeded'));
  fn();
});

drop.on('error', function(err){
  console.error(err.message);
});

drop.on('upload', function(upload){
  console.log('uploading %s', upload.file.name);
  upload.to('/upload');
});

API

Dropload(el)

Initialize an Dropload with the given drop point el.

var drop = new Dropload(el);
var drop = Dropload(el);

Upload#validate(fn)

Perform arbitrary validations on the File objects. The example below ensures that a mime type of "image/*" is given, and that the file size does not exceed 1mb.

drop.validate(function(file, fn){
  var limit = 1024 * 1024;
  var type = file.type.split('/')[0];
  if ('image' != type) return fn(new Error("that's not an image :)"));
  if (file.size > limit) return fn(new Error('file size of 1mb exceeded'));
  fn();
});