formfactory
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simple multipart form data
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formFactory
- A simple form factory for both node and the browser
- Describe forms using
json objects
- Multipart/formdata
- UTF-8
- File upload
- Streamed in the node version
How to use it ?
With node
npm install formFactory
//Amazon S3 POST example
var https = require('https');
var url = require('url');
var fs = require('fs');
var s3Endpoint = 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/42';
var path = './images/john.png'
var formFactory = require('formFactory');
var form = formFactory({
key: 'images/john.png',
AWSAccessKeyId: 'AKIAIAVVU5KANH5LYROZ',
'Content-Type': 'image/png',
success_action_status: 201,
acl: 'private',
'x-amz-meta-filename': 'john.png',
policy: 'eyJleHBpcmF0aW9uIjoiMjAxNS0wN...',
signature: 'rdvA5qlKbSry/W1JuwKoZHvulhc='
}, {
//Please note that file key could be any key
//and will be used as field name for the file
file: {
stream: fs.createReadStream(path),
name: path.split('/').pop(),
type: 'image/png',
size: fs.statSync(path).size
}
});
var headers = form.headers;
var body = form.body;//Stream
//Send the request
var options = url.parse(s3Endpoint);
options.headers = headers;
options.method = 'POST';
var request = https.request(options, function(res) {
if(res.statusCode === 201) {
console.log('file saved to S3 !');
}
});
body.pipe(request);
In the browser
bower install formFactory
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Amazon S3 POST example -->
<script src="bower_components/formFactory/browserVersion.js"> </script>
<script>
var s3Endpoint = 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/42';
var input = document.getElementById('file');
//Wait for user selection
input.addEventListener('change', function(evt) {
var file = evt.target.files[0];
//Create form
var form = formFactory({
key: 'images/john.png',
AWSAccessKeyId: 'AKIAIAVVU5KANH5LYROZ',
'Content-Type': 'image/png',
success_action_status: 201,
acl: 'private',
'x-amz-meta-filename': 'john.png',
policy: 'eyJleHBpcmF0aW9uIjoiMjAxNS0wN...',
signature: 'rdvA5qlKbSry/W1JuwKoZHvulhc='
}, {
file: file
});
//Send the request
var xhr2 = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr2.addEventListener('load', function() {
console.log('file saved to S3 !');
});
xhr2.open('POST', s3Endpoint);
xhr2.send(form);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="file" id="file">
</body>
</html>