How to upload and list directories at firefox and chrome/chromium using change and drop events
Solution 1:
You can set webkitdirectory and allowdirs attributes at <input type="file"> element; attach change, drop events to <input type="file"> element; use .getFilesAndDirectories() at mozilla, .createReader(), .readEntries() at webkit, Array.prototype.reduce(), Promise, recursion.
Note at firefox drop event does not list selection as a Directory, but a File object having size 0, thus dropping directory at firefox does not provide representation of dropped folder, even where event.dataTransfer.getFilesAndDirectories() is utilized. firefox also provides two input elements when allowdirs attribute is set; the first element allows single file uploads, the second element allows directory upload. chrome/chromium provide single <input type="file"> element where only single or multiple directories can be selected, not single file.
At directories containing both files and directories, directories are read first.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
input[type="file"] {
width: 98%;
height: 180px;
}
label[for="file"] {
width: 98%;
height: 180px;
}
.area {
display: block;
border: 5px dotted #ccc;
text-align: center;
}
.area:after {
display: block;
border: none;
white-space: pre;
content: "Drop your files or folders here!\aOr click to select files folders";
position: relative;
left: 0%;
top: -75px;
text-align: center;
}
.drag {
border: 5px dotted green;
background-color: yellow;
}
#result ul {
list-style: none;
margin-top: 20px;
}
#result ul li {
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#result li span {
font-weight: bold;
color: navy;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<label id="dropArea" class="area">
<input id="file" type="file" directory allowdirs webkitdirectory/>
</label>
<output id="result">
<ul></ul>
</output>
<script>
var dropArea = document.getElementById("dropArea");
var output = document.getElementById("result");
var ul = output.querySelector("ul");
function dragHandler(event) {
event.stopPropagation();
event.preventDefault();
dropArea.className = "area drag";
}
function filesDroped(event) {
var webkitResult = [];
var mozResult = [];
var files;
console.log(event);
event.stopPropagation();
event.preventDefault();
dropArea.className = "area";
// do mozilla stuff
// TODO adjust, call `listDirectory()`, `listFile()`
function mozReadDirectories(entries, path) {
console.log("dir", entries, path);
return [].reduce.call(entries, function(promise, entry) {
return promise.then(function() {
return Promise.resolve(entry.getFilesAndDirectories() || entry)
.then(function(dir) {
return dir
})
})
}, Promise.resolve())
.then(function(items) {
var dir = items.filter(function(folder) {
return folder instanceof Directory
});
var files = items.filter(function(file) {
return file instanceof File
});
if (files.length) {
// console.log("files:", files, path);
files.forEach(function(file) {
console.log(file)
});
mozResult = mozResult.concat.apply(mozResult, files);
}
if (dir.length) {
// console.log(dir, dir[0] instanceof Directory);
return mozReadDirectories(dir, dir[0].path || path);
} else {
if (!dir.length) {
return Promise.resolve(mozResult).then(function(complete) {
return complete
})
}
}
})
};
function handleEntries(entry) {
let file = "webkitGetAsEntry" in entry ? entry.webkitGetAsEntry() : entry
return Promise.resolve(file);
}
function handleFile(entry) {
return new Promise(function(resolve) {
if (entry.isFile) {
entry.file(function(file) {
listFile(file, entry.fullPath).then(resolve)
})
} else if (entry.isDirectory) {
var reader = entry.createReader();
reader.readEntries(webkitReadDirectories.bind(null, entry, handleFile, resolve))
} else {
var entries = [entry];
return entries.reduce(function(promise, file) {
return promise.then(function() {
return listDirectory(file)
})
}, Promise.resolve())
.then(function() {
return Promise.all(entries.map(function(file) {
return listFile(file)
})).then(resolve)
})
}
})
function webkitReadDirectories(entry, callback, resolve, entries) {
console.log(entries);
return listDirectory(entry).then(function(currentDirectory) {
console.log(`iterating ${currentDirectory.name} directory`, entry);
return entries.reduce(function(promise, directory) {
return promise.then(function() {
return callback(directory)
});
}, Promise.resolve())
}).then(resolve);
}
}
// TODO: handle mozilla directories, additional directories being selected dropped and listed without
// creating nested list at `html` where different directory selected or dropped
function listDirectory(entry) {
console.log(entry);
var path = (entry.fullPath || entry.webkitRelativePath.slice(0, entry.webkitRelativePath.lastIndexOf("/")));
var cname = path.split("/").filter(Boolean).join("-");
console.log("cname", cname)
if (!document.getElementsByClassName(cname).length) {
var directoryInfo = `<li><ul class=${cname}>
<li>
<span>
Directory Name: ${entry.name}<br>
Path: ${path}
<hr>
</span>
</li></ul></li>`;
var curr = document.getElementsByTagName("ul");
var _ul = curr[curr.length - 1];
var _li = _ul.querySelectorAll("li");
if (!document.querySelector("[class*=" + cname + "]")) {
if (_li.length) {
_li[_li.length - 1].innerHTML += `${directoryInfo}`;
} else {
_ul.innerHTML += `${directoryInfo}`
}
} else {
ul.innerHTML += `${directoryInfo}`
}
}
return Promise.resolve(entry);
}
// TODO: handle mozilla files
function listFile(file, path) {
path = path || file.webkitRelativePath || "/" + file.name;
var filesInfo = `<li>
Name: ${file.name}</br>
Size: ${file.size} bytes</br>
Type: ${file.type}</br>
Modified Date: ${file.lastModifiedDate}<br>
Full Path: ${path}
</li>`;
var currentPath = path.split("/").filter(Boolean);
currentPath.pop();
var appended = false;
var curr = document.getElementsByClassName(`${currentPath.join("-")}`);
if (curr.length) {
for (li of curr[curr.length - 1].querySelectorAll("li")) {
if (li.innerHTML.indexOf(path.slice(0, path.lastIndexOf("/"))) > -1) {
li.querySelector("span").insertAdjacentHTML("afterend", `${filesInfo}`);
appended = true;
break;
}
}
if (!appended) {
curr[curr.length - 1].innerHTML += `${filesInfo}`;
}
}
console.log(`reading ${file.name}, size: ${file.size}, path:${path}`);
webkitResult.push(file);
return Promise.resolve(webkitResult)
};
function processFiles(files) {
Promise.all([].map.call(files, function(file, index) {
return handleEntries(file, index).then(handleFile)
}))
.then(function() {
console.log("complete", webkitResult)
})
.catch(function(err) {
alert(err.message);
})
}
if ("getFilesAndDirectories" in event.target) {
return (event.type === "drop" ? event.dataTransfer : event.target).getFilesAndDirectories()
.then(function(dir) {
if (dir[0] instanceof Directory) {
console.log(dir)
return mozReadDirectories(dir, dir[0].path || path)
.then(function(complete) {
console.log("complete:", complete);
event.target.value = null;
});
} else {
if (dir[0] instanceof File && dir[0].size > 0) {
return Promise.resolve(dir)
.then(function(complete) {
console.log("complete:", complete);
})
} else {
if (dir[0].size == 0) {
throw new Error("could not process '" + dir[0].name + "' directory"
+ " at drop event at firefox, upload folders at 'Choose folder...' input");
}
}
}
}).catch(function(err) {
alert(err)
})
}
// do webkit stuff
if (event.type === "drop" && event.target.webkitdirectory) {
files = event.dataTransfer.items || event.dataTransfer.files;
} else if (event.type === "change") {
files = event.target.files;
}
if (files) {
processFiles(files)
}
}
dropArea.addEventListener("dragover", dragHandler);
dropArea.addEventListener("change", filesDroped);
dropArea.addEventListener("drop", filesDroped);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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