Problem with input/file and cordovaFileTransfer

cordova
1

Hi everyone,

I am trying to build a simple mechanism for a file upload that is then transfered to an external server. Therefore I use the cordovaFileTransfer plugin. I use a simple input field (file input) in the template to trigger the native filepicker:

<input style="display:none" type="file" id="uploadfile" data-tap-disabled="true" onchange="angular.element(this).scope().upload(this.files)" />

And then my upload function:

$scope.upload = function(files) {
    var options = {
      mimeType: files[0].type,
      fileName: files[0].name
    }

    $cordovaFileTransfer.upload($rootScope.APIEndpoint +'upload/', files[0].name, options)
      .then(function(result) {
        console.log("SUCCESS: " + JSON.stringify(result.response));
      }, function(err) {
        console.log("ERROR: " + JSON.stringify(err));
      }, function (progress) {
        // constant progress updates
      });
  };

The problem here is, that the cordovaFileTransfer upload requires a full path of the file which i don’t get out of the file input field. I only have the name of the uploaded file.

Is there

  1. a way to get the full path of the uploaded file from an input field
    or 2) a better method to let users upload a file?

THX in advance!

2

Is the file that you want to upload is image ?

3

no, not necessarily. can be any filetype that the user selects

4

I’m using this function to resolve the real url :

window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(url, function(fileEntry) {
			
			realURL=fileEntry.nativeURL;
			
		});

Try if !

5

Any update on this, I am facing the same issue