flutter web - How to get the file selected

Question

I am building a flutter web using old version. I am having a FileUploadInputElement. I need to get the file selected from that element.

@override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    FileUploadInputElement fileUploadInputElement = FileUploadInputElement();
    ui.platformViewRegistry.registerViewFactory(
        'animation-Image-html', (int viewId) => fileUploadInputElement);



    return SizedBox(
      child: HtmlElementView(
        viewType: 'animation-Image-html',
      ),
    );
}

Answer 1

You can directly use the element.files property to access the files and use the Filreader class from dart:html. I have created an example below to show you how a text file and image can be read. This example is based on FileReader examples in another post.

Accessing the file

Here element is the FileUploadInputElement reference.

element.files[0] or in case of multiple files element.files

Set up your file reader

  String option1Text = "Initialized text option1";
  Uint8List uploadedImage;
  FileUploadInputElement element = FileUploadInputElement()..id = "file_input";
  // setup File Reader
  FileReader fileReader = FileReader();

Use FileReader to read the file

fileReader.readAsText(element.files[0])

connect the listener for load event

fileReader.onLoad.listen((data) {
              setState(() {
                option1Text = fileReader.result;
              });
            });

connect error events

fileReader.onError.listen((fileEvent) {
              setState(() {
                option1Text = "Some Error occured while reading the file";
              });
            });

Use Image.memory to show images from byte array.

Image.memory(uploadedImage)

Note: In the following example we choose a file and click the respective button to handle the file reading. But the same can be achieved by connecting the logic in respective events of the FileUploadInputElement element in a similar approach. eg: element.onLoad.listen or element.onError.listen event streams.

Full Example

import 'dart:typed_data';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'dart:ui' as ui;
import 'dart:html';

class FileUploadTester extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _FileUploadTesterState createState() => _FileUploadTesterState();
}

class _FileUploadTesterState extends State<FileUploadTester> {
  String option1Text = "Initialized text option1";
  Uint8List uploadedImage;
  FileUploadInputElement element = FileUploadInputElement()..id = "file_input";
  // setup File Reader
  FileReader fileReader = FileReader();

  // reader.onerror = (evt) => print("error ${reader.error.code}");
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    ui.platformViewRegistry.registerViewFactory("add_input", (int viewId) {
      return element;
    });
    return Row(
      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
      crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.end,
      children: <Widget>[
        FlatButton(
          color: Colors.indigoAccent,
          child: Text('ReadFile'),
          onPressed: () {
            fileReader.onLoad.listen((data) {
              setState(() {
                option1Text = fileReader.result;
              });
            });
            fileReader.onError.listen((fileEvent) {
              setState(() {
                option1Text = "Some Error occured while reading the file";
              });
            });
            fileReader.readAsText(element.files[0]);
          },
        ),
        Expanded(
          child: Container(
            child: Text(option1Text),
          ),
        ),
        Expanded(child: HtmlElementView(viewType: 'add_input')),
        Expanded(
          child: uploadedImage == null
              ? Container(
                  child: Text('Uploaded image should shwo here.'),
                )
              : Container(
                  child: Image.memory(uploadedImage),
                ),
        ),
        FlatButton(
          child: Text('Show Image'),
          color: Colors.tealAccent,
          onPressed: () {
            fileReader.onLoad.listen((data) {
              setState(() {
                uploadedImage = fileReader.result;
              });
            });
            fileReader.onError.listen((fileEvent) {
              setState(() {
                option1Text = "Some Error occured while reading the file";
              });
            });
            fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(element.files[0]);
          },
        ),
      ],
    );
  }
}

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