How send string/image base64 to Sailsjs - Skipper with ajax - sails.js

Question

Currently I am capturing the image of the camera, this Base64 format,and I'm sending through ajax.
xhr({
uri: 'http://localhost:1337/file/upload',
method: 'post',
body:'data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAA...'
}
0 file(s) uploaded successfully!

Answer 1

Here is a nice link that will guide you to do send an image from an Ajax Client to an ajax server.
http://www.nickdesteffen.com/blog/file-uploading-over-ajax-using-html5
You can read this sails documentation to receive files on a sails server :
http://sailsjs.org/documentation/reference/request-req/req-file
You can do as the following example :
Client side ( ajax ):
var files = [];
$("input[type=file]").change(function(event) {
$.each(event.target.files, function(index, file) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
object = {};
object.filename = file.name;
object.data = event.target.result;
files.push(object);
};
reader.readAsDataURL(file);
});
});
$("form").submit(function(form) {
$.each(files, function(index, file) {
$.ajax({url: "/ajax-upload",
type: 'POST',
data: {filename: file.filename, data: file.data}, // file.data is your base 64
success: function(data, status, xhr) {}
});
});
files = [];
form.preventDefault();
});
Server side ( sails ) :
[let's say you have a model Picture that take an ID and a URL]
[here is a sample of Picture controller, just to give you an idea]
module.exports = {
uploadPicture: function(req, res) {
req.file('picture').upload({
// don't allow the total upload size to exceed ~10MB
maxBytes: 10000000
},
function onDone(err, uploadedFiles) {
if (err) {
return res.negotiate(err);
}
// If no files were uploaded, respond with an error.
if (uploadedFiles.length === 0){
return res.badRequest('No file was uploaded');
}
// Save the "fd" and the url where the avatar for a user can be accessed
Picture
.update(777, { // give real ID
// Generate a unique URL where the avatar can be downloaded.
pictureURL: require('util').format('%s/user/pictures/%s', sails.getBaseUrl(), 777), // GIVE REAL ID
// Grab the first file and use it's `fd` (file descriptor)
pictureFD: uploadedFiles[0].fd
})
.exec(function (err){
if (err) return res.negotiate(err);
return res.ok();
});
});
}
};
Hope this will help in your research.
I also recommand you to use Postman to test your API first, then code your client.