I have file upload input:
<input onChange={this.getFile} id="fileUpload" type="file" className="upload"/>
And I handle upload this way:
getFile(e) {
e.preventDefault();
let reader = new FileReader();
let file = e.target.files[0];
reader.onloadend = (theFile) => {
var data = {
blob: theFile.target.result, name: file.name,
visitorId: this.props.socketio.visitorId
};
console.log(this.props.socketio);
this.props.socketio.emit('file-upload', data);
};
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
}
If I upload same file twice, then upload event is not fired. How can I fix that? For simple js code it was enough to do the following: this.value = null; in change handler. How can I do it with ReactJS?
I think you can just clear the input value like this :
e.target.value = null;
File input cannot be controlled, there is no React specific way to do that.
Edit For old browsers (<IE11), you can use one of the following techniques.
See http://jsbin.com/zurudemuma/1/edit?js,output (tested on IE10 & 9)
What worked for me was setting a key attribute to the file input, then when I needed to reset it I update the key attribute value:
functionThatResetsTheFileInput() {
let randomString = Math.random().toString(36);
this.setState({
theInputKey: randomString
});
}
render() {
return(
<div>
<input type="file"
key={this.state.theInputKey || '' } />
<button onClick={this.functionThatResetsTheFileInput()} />
</div>
)
}
That forces React to render the input again from scratch.
This work for me - ref={ref => this.fileInput = ref}
<input id="file_input_file" type="file" onChange={(e) => this._handleFileChange(e)} ref={ref=> this.fileInput = ref} />
then in my case once the file was uploaded to the server , I clear it by using the statement below
this.fileInput.value = "";