I'm using Vue with Laravel and I tried to do a simple crud which is working good regarding things like title or description of an article (text-fields) but when I try to send an image file, it doesn't work. I have tried formData but to no avail.
This is my form in template, title goes in the database with no problem, if I console log selectedFile then it shows the file selected correctly but the addArticle method not attaching the images
<form @submit.prevent="addArticle" class="container">
<label>Title</label>
<input type="text" v-model="article.title" />
<label>Image</label>
<input type="file" v-on:change="selectedFile" />
<button type="submit">Create</button>
</form>
This is my script
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
fileSelected: null,
article: {},
};
},
methods: {
addArticle() {
var formData =new FormData();
formData.append(this.article.image, this.fileSelected);
axios
.post("http://localhost:8000/api/articles", this.article)
.then((response) => this.$router.push({ name: "ArticlesList" }))
.catch((err) => console.log(err))
.finally(() => (this.loading = false));
}
,
selectedFile(event) {
this.fileSelected = event.target.files[0];
},
},
};
</script>
this is my code
<input type="file" @change="onFileChange">
onFileChange(e) {
this.sendphoto = e.target.files[0];
},
editUser() {
var self = this;
let formData = new FormData();
formData.append("image" , self.sendphoto )
let config = {
header : {
'Content-Type' : 'multipart/form-data'
}
}
axios.post('/edit-user' , formData , config)
.then(function (response) {
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
})
},
You are creating a FormData object but you are not sending it within your Axios request.
In order to send the file and form data, you have to append everything to FormData object.
<script>
export default {
data() {
return {
fileSelected: null,
article: {},
};
},
methods: {
addArticle() {
var formData =new FormData();
formData.append('image', this.fileSelected);
formData.append('title', this.article.title);
axios
.post("http://localhost:8000/api/articles", formData)
.then((response) => this.$router.push({ name: "ArticlesList" }))
.catch((err) => console.log(err))
.finally(() => (this.loading = false));
}
,
selectedFile(event) {
this.fileSelected = event.target.files[0];
},
},
};
</script>
this worked in sending image files as string on database, hopefully it helps other people that are having similar problems
setup() {
const base64 = ref()
const changeFile= async(event) => {
const file = event.target.files[0];
base64.value = await convertBase64(file);
}
const convertBase64 = (file) => {
return new Promise ((resolve, reject) => {
const fileReader = new FileReader();
fileReader.readAsDataURL(file);
fileReader.onload = () => {
resolve(fileReader.result)
}
fileReader.onerror = (error) => {
reject(error)
}
})
}
const form = reactive({
title: " ",
body: " ",
image: base64,
})
const submitForm = () => {
axios.post("http://localhost:8000/api/articles", form)
}
return { changeFile, submitForm, form}
},