react-background-file-uploader v0.0.8

React File Uploader - Seamless Background Uploads

Easily upload files in the background while navigating between pages—just like Google Drive! 🚀

🌟 Features

• 📂 Background Uploads – Continue uploading files even when navigating between pages.
• ⚡ Concurrent Uploads – Control the number of parallel uploads.
• 📊 Progress Tracking – Real-time upload progress for each file.
• ❌ Cancel Uploads – Stop an ongoing upload anytime.

📦 Installation

pnpm add react-background-file-uploader

or using npm:

npm install react-background-file-uploader

🚀 Quick Start

import { useBackgroundFileUpload } from "react-background-file-uploader";

const FileUploader = () => {
  const { uploads, addUpload, startUpload, cancelUpload } = useBackgroundFileUpload();

  const handleFileChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
    const files = event.target.files;
    if (files) {
      Array.from(files).forEach((file) => addUpload(file));
    }
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <input type="file" multiple onChange={handleFileChange} />
      <button onClick={() => startUpload("https://your-upload-endpoint.com")}>Upload</button>
      <ul>
        {uploads.map((upload) => (
          <li key={upload.id}>
            {upload.file.name} - {upload.progress}%
            <button onClick={() => cancelUpload(upload.id)}>Cancel</button>
          </li>
        ))}
      </ul>
    </div>
  );
};

export default FileUploader;

🎛 API Reference

useBackgroundFileUpload()

This hook provides all the necessary upload functions.

Methods

Upload Object

⚙ Configuration

You can customize the uploader with options such as headers, body parameters, and error handling:

startUpload("https://your-upload-endpoint.com", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer token" },
  extraBody: { folder: "uploads" },
  onSuccess: (file, response) => console.log("Upload Success", file, response),
  onError: (file, error) => console.error("Upload Failed", file, error),
  onAbort: (file) => console.warn("Upload Aborted", file),
});

🌐 Live Example

Check out the live example: React Background File Uploader Example

Explore the example code: GitHub Example

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork this repository
2. Clone it: git clone https://github.com/akshays-repo/react-background-file-uploader
3. Install dependencies: pnpm install
4. Make your changes and submit a PR 🚀

📜 License

MIT License © 2025 Akshay S

👨‍💻 Author

• Akshay S
• 📧 Email: akshayshan28@gmail.com

🔍 Keywords

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