html - Reading file in Windows Metro javascript app

Question

Is this the right way to read the content of a file picked by a filepicker? I need to read the image data in order to send it to a webservice in my Windows Metro Javascript App. I use a readFile function with a callback that returns an evt parameter and then use encodeURIComponent(evt.target.result):

document.getElementById("btnUpload").onclick = function () {
            var input = document.getElementById("file_input");
            readFile(input.files[0], function(file, evt)
            {
                WinJS.xhr({
                    type: "post",
                    url: "http://servlett.domain.com:8080/Servlet/addImage",
                    headers: { "Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
                    data: "fk_floor_id=" + currentFloorId + "&map=" + encodeURIComponent(evt.target.result)
                }).then(
                    function (xhr) {
                        var success = xhr.response;
                        }, function (xhr) {
                        var error = xhr.response;
                    }
                );
            }); 

The parameter evt.target.result is retrieved through the following method:

function readFile(file, callback) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function (evt) {
    if (typeof callback == "function")
        callback(file, evt);
};
reader.readAsText(file);

}

where file_input is a input component inside the following form:

<form action="" method="post">
        <input type="file" id="file_input" />
        <button type="button" id="btnUpload">Upload</button>
    </form>

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

A better solution is:

var picker = new Windows.Storage.Pickers.FileOpenPicker();
picker.fileTypeFilter.replaceAll([".jpg", ".bmp", ".gif", ".png"]);
picker.pickSingleFileAsync().then(progressResults, displayError);

function progressResults(file) {
    file.openAsync(Windows.Storage.FileAccessMode.read).done(function (stream) {
     var inputStream = stream.getInputStreamAt(0);
     var reader = new Windows.Storage.Streams.DataReader(inputStream);
     var size = stream.size;
     if (size > 0) {
          reader.loadAsync(size).then(function () {
          var b = reader.readBuffer(size);
          var s = Windows.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicBuffer.encodeToBase64String(b);
                var xhrOptions = {
                    type: 'post',
                    url: "http://servlet.domain.com:8080/Servlet/addImage",
                            headers: { "Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
                            data: "fk_floor_id=" + currentFloorId + "&map=" + s
                 }
                 WinJS.xhr(xhrOptions);
           });

 });