I have simple input-file field.
<input type="file"
id="openselect"
name="files[]"
(change)="fileSelect($event)">
It has related function that tries to convert selected file to BLOB format.
openselect.addEventListener("change", fileSelect, false);
function fileSelect(event) {
const file = event.target['files'][0];
const fileReader = new FileReader();
fileReader.readAsText(file);
console.log(fileReader.result) // null
console.log('iamge as blob: ', new Blob([fileReader.result])) // meta info
}
As a result, console only displays file meta info, but doesnt display BLOB-string.
Please help me convert selected file to a BLOB-string.
Here is a live example.
Take a look at Mozilla's FileReader Documentation (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader/result):
This example presents a function, read(), which reads a file from a file input. It works by creating a FileReader object and creating a listener for load events such that when then file is read, the result is obtained and passed to the callback function provided to read().
Solution: Live Example
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