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https://github.com/alnorris/file-dialog

Trigger the upload file dialog directly from your code easily.
https://github.com/alnorris/file-dialog

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Trigger the upload file dialog directly from your code easily.

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# file-dialog

[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/file-dialog.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/file-dialog) [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg)](CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests)

Directly call the file browser dialog from your code, and get back the resulting array of [FileList](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/FileList). Handy for when you need to post files via AJAX/Fetch. No more hacky hiding of `` elements. Support for Callbacks & Promises!

- Supports ES6 Modules, CommonJS, AMD, and global
- Supports selecting multiple files and the file type 'accepts' attribute (see examples below)
- Support for all major browsers
- No jQuery needed, tiny (1.25 KB), with no dependencies

![alt text](http://i.imgur.com/LjJlg7L.png "Logo Title Text 1")

## Install
Supports both CommonJS and ES6 Modules

1. `npm install file-dialog`
2. `import fileDialog from 'file-dialog'` or `const fileDialog = require('file-dialog')`

Note: If you want to support older browsers make sure you have babel enabled.

### Classic `` includes
1. Include minified file-dialog.min.js via `<script>`
2. Module is binded to the global variable `fileDialog`

## Examples

Get a File via a promise and POST to server via Fetch

```javascript
fileDialog()
.then(file => {
const data = new FormData()
data.append('file', file[0])
data.append('imageName', 'flower')

// Post to server
fetch('/uploadImage', {
method: 'POST',
body: data
})
})
```

Allow user to select only an image file

```javascript
fileDialog({ accept: 'image/*' })
.then(files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})
```

Allow user to select only images or videos
```javascript

fileDialog({ accept: ['image/*', 'video/*'] })
.then(files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})
```

Allow user to select multiple image files at once

```javascript
fileDialog({ multiple: true, accept: 'image/*' })
.then(files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})
```

Classic callback version of the above

```javascript
fileDialog({ multiple: true, accept: 'image/*' }, files => {
// files contains an array of FileList
})
```