How can I upload files to a server using JSP/Servlet and Ajax?

user_576831 0
Viewed 75943

I'm creating a JSP/Servlet web application and I'd like to upload a file to a servlet via Ajax. How would I go about doing this? I'm using jQuery.

I've done so far:

<form class="upload-box">
    <input type="file" id="file" name="file1" />
    <span id="upload-error" class="error" />
    <input type="submit" id="upload-button" value="upload" />
</form>

With this jQuery:

$(document).on("#upload-button", "click", function() {
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "/Upload",
        async: true,
        data: $(".upload-box").serialize(),
        contentType: "multipart/form-data",
        processData: false,
        success: function(msg) {
            alert("File has been uploaded successfully");
        },
        error:function(msg) {
            $("#upload-error").html("Couldn't upload file");
        }
    });
});

However, it doesn't appear to send the file contents.

servlets file-upload jsp jquery ajax
4 Answers

Monsif's code works well if the form has only file type inputs. If there are some other inputs other than the file type, then they get lost. So, instead of copying each form data and appending them to FormData object, the original form itself can be given to the constructor.

<script type="text/javascript">
        var files = null; // when files input changes this will be initialised.
        $(function() {
            $('#form2Submit').on('submit', uploadFile);
    });

        function uploadFile(event) {
            event.stopPropagation();
            event.preventDefault();
            //var files = files;
            var form = document.getElementById('form2Submit');
            var data = new FormData(form);
            postFilesData(data);
}

        function postFilesData(data) {
            $.ajax({
                url :  'yourUrl',
                type : 'POST',
                data : data,
                cache : false,
                dataType : 'json',
                processData : false,
                contentType : false,
                success : function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
                    alert(data);
                },
                error : function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                    alert('ERRORS: ' + textStatus);
                }
            });
        }
</script>

The HTML code can be something like following:

<form id ="form2Submit" action="yourUrl">
  First name:<br>
  <input type="text" name="firstname" value="Mickey">
  <br>
  Last name:<br>
  <input type="text" name="lastname" value="Mouse">
  <br>
<input id="fileSelect" name="fileSelect[]" type="file" multiple accept=".xml,txt">
<br>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
user_22341610
Related