alinz / react-native-file-transfer

react-native plugin for uploading files with multipart/form-data requests

react-native-file-transfer

This little plugin lets you easily upload files from your photo library to a web server using a standard multipart/form-data POST request. It does not incorporate the tranfer of photo library images data from Objective-C to JavaScript (which is slow). The request are being made directly from Objective-C.

installation

1. npm install react-native-file-transfer;
2. In xcode: Add RTCFileTransfer.m in Your Project > Libraries > React > Base.

how to use it

When you properly add the RCTFileTransfer.m file to your xcode project you may now use it in the js files. Example usage:

var { NativeModules } = require('react-native');
var obj = {
    uri, // either an 'assets-library' url (for files from photo library) or an image dataURL
    uploadUrl,
    fileName,
    mimeType,
    headers,
    data: {
        // whatever properties you wish to send in the request
        // along with the uploaded file
    }
};
NativeModules.FileTransfer.upload(obj, (err, res) => {
    // handle response
    // it is an object with 'status' and 'data' properties
    // if the file path protocol is not supported the status will be 0
    // and the request won't be made at all
});

pull-requests welcome