So I need users to upload a few hundred to a few thousand tiny image files, obviously doing that picture-by-picture would be extraordinarily painful, so using the multiple option of the standard file input element to allow selecting the entire directories contents. Now, when doing <input type="file…

Ah hah! I am the idiot! To forever encode my missing bit into history and maybe help others later, don’t forget the multipart: true option to the form call! I noticed it within seconds of opening the file when I got in today. Yesterday was a loooong day and I missed the obvious. ^.^

A quick test with php and the same <input type="file" id="images" name="images[]" multiple> bit worked fine, so… something on the plug/phoenix side that I’m doing wrong?

[image] OvermindDL1: So I need users to upload a few hundred to a few thousand tiny image files, obviously doing that picture-by-picture would be extraordinarily painful (…) Only for standard HTTP upload. Is not WebSockets standard better for that? You can send multiple files at a time in the…

I wonder what could be done inside Plug so this works. Anybody did a research on the necessary steps?

[image] dimitarvp: I wonder what could be done inside Plug so this works. Anybody did a research on the necessary steps? If I remember it correctly then there needs to be some specification regarding content parsing - probably from W3C, but I’m not sure about it. I saw really long specificati…

[image] Eiji: Only for standard HTTP upload. Is not WebSockets standard better for that? I need to be able to fall back to no javascript and still have it fully work, requirements of my job. ^.^; [image] Eiji: In your case if you would have a network problem in the middle of process the…

[image] OvermindDL1: don’t forget the multipart: true to the form call More importantly - post the entire form fragment when discussing problems with input elements. On MDN enctype="multipart/form-data" kind of sticks out like a sore thumb - but I figured that you had that covered given you …

[image] peerreynders: On MDN enctype="multipart/form-data" kind of sticks out like a sore thumb - but I figured that you had that covered given you got the PHP version working. Raw html for my php test, a form_for for my phoenix test, they weren’t quite equal… ^.^; [image] peerreynders: …

[image] peerreynders: Aside: Does anybody have any information on the origin of the “ [] ” name suffix convention for multiple files? I can’t confirm either, but I know Rails uses it, and DHH is from the PHP community, so that’s my assumption of where it comes from.

Hey! I would recommend you just to use direct uploading.

[image] MikeAndrianov: Hey! I would recommend you just to use direct uploading. ??? That’s precisely what I’m doing?

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gregvaughn October 29, 2018, 9:51pm 10

I can’t confirm either, but I know Rails uses it, and DHH is from the PHP community, so that’s my assumption of where it comes from.