Introduction

Vue clip is a minimalistic and hackable file uploader for VueJs. I wrote this plugin due to the absence of well written file uploaders with fine-grained controls.

Features

1. Written in vanilla Javascript.
2. Weighs 17.9KB ( Minified and Gzip ), 57KB ( Minified ).
3. Hackable to the core with custom events.
4. Does not pollute DOM by adding unnecessary markup. Infact the component will create a single div element.

Quick Intro

Setup

You can make use of module by installing it from npm or directly using it from CDN.

Npm

npm i --save vue-clip

import Vue from 'vue'
import VueClip from 'vue-clip'

Vue.use(VueClip)

Globally

Also, you can reference the script file via [CDN]() which will add a global component called vue-clip to the Vue instance.

Basic Usage

<template>
  <vue-clip :options="options">
    <template slot="clip-uploader-action">
      <div>
        <div class="dz-message"><h2> Click or Drag and Drop files here upload </h2></div>
      </div>
    </template>

    <template slot="clip-uploader-body" scope="props">
      <div v-for="file in props.files">
        <img v-bind:src="https://github.com/thetutlage/vue-clip/raw/develop/file.dataUrl" />
        {{ file.name }} {{ file.status }}
      </div>
    </template>

  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    data () {
      return {
        options: {
          url: '/upload',
          paramName: 'file'
        }
      }
    }

  }
</script>

Configuration Options

maxFilesize

The maxFilesize option defines the size of the file to be checked for when uploading files.

{
  maxFilesize: 1 // 1mb
}

// or

{
  maxFilesize: {
    limit: 1,
    message: '{{ filesize }} is greater than the {{ maxFilesize }}'
  }
}

maxFiles

The maxFiles option defines the maximum number of files to be uploaded.

{
  maxFiles: 5
}

// or

{
  maxFiles: {
    limit: 5,
    message: 'You can only upload a max of 5 files'
  }
}

acceptedFiles

The acceptedFiles option defines the mime types of files to be accepted.

// as an array of mime types

{
  acceptedFiles: ['image/*', 'application/pdf']
}

// as an object with an array of mime types
// and a custom error message

{
  acceptedFiles: {
    extensions: ['image/*'],
    message: 'You are uploading an invalid file'
  }
}

// as a plain, comma-delimited string

{
  acceptedFiles: 'image/*,application/pdf'
}

accept

The accept is a low-level method to run manual validations and return a formatted error string ( in the case of error).

{
  accept: function (file, done) {
    if (file.size > (1024 * 1024)) {
      done('File must be smaller than 1MB')
      return
    }

    done()
  }
}

Dragging

The most common requirement is to know when a user starts and stops dragging a file so that you can add some visual feedback to the UI. The easiest way is to make use of Scoped slots.

<template>
  <vue-clip :options="options">

    <template slot="clip-uploader-action" scope="params">
      <div v-bind:class="{'is-dragging': params.dragging}" class="upload-action">
        <h2> Click or Drag and Drop files here upload </h2>
      </div>
    </template>

  </vue-clip>
</template>

<style>
  .upload-action.is-dragging {
    background: green;
  }
</style>

Events

You can make use of vue-clip without writing any javascript code, but if you want low-level control over the upload behavior, consider listening to special events.

onInit(uploader)

Called every time the vue-clip is initiated and binds to DOM.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-init="init">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      init (uploader) {
        // javascript uploader instance
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onAddedFile(file)

This event is invoked every time a new file gets uploaded. You can listen for this event, you want to have access to each file object within your own parent component.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-added-file="addedFile">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    data: function () {
      return {
        files: []
      }
    }

    methods: {
      addedFile (file) {
        this.files.push(file)
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onRemovedFile(file)

This event is invoked every time the file has been removed. This is the nice place to make a request to your server for deleting the file.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-removed-file="removedFile">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      removedFile (file) {
        this
        .$http
        .post(`delete/${file.customAttributes.id}`)
        .then(console.log)
        .catch(console.error)
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onSending(file, XHR, formData)

This event is emitted before making the upload HTTP request. So this is the time to modify the HTTP request and send some custom attributes.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-sending="sending">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      sending (file, xhr, formData) {
        formData.append('_csrf', '<token>')
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onComplete(file, status, xhr)

This event is called when a file has been processed. It includes error, success both. 3rd argument will be the xhr response, if the error is returned from the server when uploading the file.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-complete="complete">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      complete (file, status, xhr) {
        // Adding server id to be used for deleting
        // the file.
        file.addAttribute('id', xhr.response.id)
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onDragEnter

This event is invoked as soon as the user starts dragging the file.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-drag-enter="dragging">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      dragging () {
        // user started dragging the file.
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onDragLeave

This event is invoked when the user stops dragging the file.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-drag-leave="stoppedDragging">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      stoppedDragging () {
        // user stopped dragging the file.
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onDrop

This event is invoked when the user drops a file on the vue-clip area.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-drop="drop">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      drop () {
        // user stopped dragging the file.
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onTotalProgress(progress, totalBytes, bytesSent)

This event returns the total upload progress for all the files. Think of it as the global progress indicator for multiple files uploaded together.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-total-progress="totalProgress">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      totalProgress (progress, totalBytes, bytesSent) {
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onQueueComplete

The event is called when all files in the queue have been uploaded to the server.

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-queue-complete="queueCompleted">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      queueCompleted () {
      }
    }

  }
</script>

onMaxFiles

The event is called when maxFiles upload limit has been reached. This event will be fired n timesfor each file exceeding the limit. For example

• maxFiles - 3
• filesUploaded - 5
• eventCalled - 2 times with file instance

<template>
  <vue-clip :on-max-files="maxFilesReached">
  </vue-clip>
</template>

<script>
  export default {

    methods: {
      maxFilesReached (file) {
      }
    }

  }
</script>

File Attributes

The file instance sent along events has following attributes.

Adding/Accessing Custom Attributes

file.addAttribute('id', xhr.response.id)

// access id
file.customAttributes.id

Browser Support

• Chrome 7+
• Firefox 4+
• IE 10+
• Opera 12+
• Safari 6+

Things to consider

Make sure you add class dz-message to the uploader action wrapped inside clip-uploader-action slot. This makes your entire action body clickable. There are ways to get around it, but I wanted to keep the API transparent, instead of adding a bunch of DOM elements behind the scenes.

<template slot="clip-uploader-action">
  <div>
    <div class="dz-message"><h2> Click or Drag and Drop files here upload </h2></div>
  </div>
</template>