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user2933157
user2933157

Reputation: 333

Reading multiple files with FileReader and getting array of the filedatas

So I have FileList of files and I need to read them all to an array ie. [fileData1, fileData2], so that I can make a request with all the files to my backend. I'm stuck with all the async opertions and am not sure how to wait for things to finish. I need a way to detect when I can make the request to the backend. I also want to make this in a functional way of programming. Sorry if the question is unclear.

files.map((file) => {
        const fr = new FileReader();

        fr.readAsDataURL(file)

        fr.addEventListener('load', (event) => {
            // This is what I need to get to an array
            const fileData = event.target.value.substr(fr.result.indexOf(',') + 1);

        })
    })
//Here I need to make a single post request with all the files in it

Upvotes: 0

Views: 508

Answers (1)

redneb
redneb

Reputation: 23850

Since you added the functional-programming tag, how about a good old fashioned recursive function:

function read_files(cur_file) {
    if (cur_file < files.length) {
        // read the next file
        const fr = new FileReader();
        fr.readAsDataURL(files[cur_file]);
        fr.addEventListener('load', (event) => {
            // extract the file data from event here
            read_files(cur_file+1);
        }
    }
    else {
        // we've read all the files
        // send the request
    }
}

read_files(0);

Upvotes: 1

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