react-native-upload-manager

A React Native Library to manage your http post file uploads with android and iOS background support. If you are uploading large files like videos, use this so your users can background your app during a long upload. This library support both Serial (Queue) and Parallel upload.

Installation

1. Install package

npm install --save react-native-upload-manager

or

yarn add react-native-upload-manager

2. Link Native Code

Autolinking (React Native >= 0.60)

iOS

cd ./ios && pod install && cd ../

Android

No further actions required.

Automatic Native Library Linking (React Native < 0.60)

react-native link react-native-background-upload

Or, Manually Link It

iOS

1. In the XCode's "Project navigator", right click on your project's Libraries folder ➜ Add Files to <...>
2. Go to node_modules ➜ react-native-upload-manager ➜ ios ➜ select RNUploadManager.xcodeproj
3. Add RNUploadManager.a to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries

Android

1. Add the following lines to android/settings.gradle:

   include ':react-native-upload-manager'
   project(':react-native-upload-manager').projectDir = new File(settingsDir, '../node_modules/react-native-upload-manager/android')

2. Add the compile and resolutionStrategy line to the dependencies in android/app/build.gradle:

   dependencies {
       compile project(':react-native-upload-manager')
   }

3. Add the import and link the package in MainApplication.java:

   import com.mostafataghipour.reactnativeuploadmanager;  <-- add this import
   
   public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
       @Override
       protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
           return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
               new MainReactPackage(),
               new RNUploadManagerPackage() // <-- add this line
           );
       }
   }

3. Expo

To use this library with Expo one must first detach (eject) the project and follow step 2 instructions.

Usage

import UploadManager from 'react-native-upload-manager'

useEffect(() => {
    const progressSubscription = UploadManager.addListener('progress', (data) => {
        console.log(`Progress: ${data.progress}%`)
    })
    
    const completeSubscription = UploadManager.addListener('completed', (data) => {
        // data includes responseCode: number and responseBody: Object
        console.log('Completed!')
    })
    
    const errorSubscription = UploadManager.addListener('error', (data) => {
        console.log(`Error: ${data.error}%`)
    })
    
    const cancelSubscription = UploadManager.addListener('cancelled', (data) => {
        console.log(`Cancelled!`)
    })
    
    return () => {
      progressSubscription.remove()
      completeSubscription.remove()
      errorSubscription.remove()
      cancelSubscription.remove()
    }
  }, [])
  
const uploadfile = async () => {
    const options = {
      url: 'https://myservice.com/path/to/post',
      path: 'file://path/to/file/on/device',
      method: 'POST',
      type: 'raw',
      maxRetries: 0, // set retry count (Android only). Default 0
      headers: {
        'content-type': 'application/octet-stream', // Customize content-type
        'my-custom-header': 's3headervalueorwhateveryouneed'
      },
      // Below are options only supported on Android
      notification: {
        enabled: true,
        onErrorMessage: 'upload failed',
        onCompleteMessage: 'upload success',
        onProgressMessage: 'uploading...  ([[PROGRESS]])',
        autoClear: true
      }
    }

    const uploadId = await UploadManager.startUpload(options)
}

Multipart Uploads

Just set the type option to multipart and set the field option. Example:

const options = {
  url: 'https://myservice.com/path/to/post',
  path: 'file://path/to/file%20on%20device.png',
  method: 'POST',
  field: 'uploaded_media',
  type: 'multipart'
}

Note the field property is required for multipart uploads.

API

Top Level Functions

All top-level methods are available as named exports or methods on the default export.

startUpload(options)

The primary method you will use, this starts the upload process.

Returns a promise with the string ID of the upload. Will reject if there is a connection problem, the file doesn't exist, or there is some other problem.

options is an object with following values:

Note: You must provide valid URIs. react-native-background-upload does not escape the values you provide.

Notification Object (Android Only)

getFileInfo(path)

Returns some useful information about the file in question. Useful if you want to set a MIME type header.

path is a string, such as file://path.to.the.file.png

Returns a Promise that resolves to an object containing:

cancelUpload(uploadId)

Cancels an upload.

uploadId is the result of the Promise returned from startUpload

Returns a Promise that resolves to an boolean indicating whether the upload was cancelled.

addToUploadQueue(options)

The primary method you will use to add your filr to upload queue. your upload queue will be continue even after your app going to background mode.

Returns a promise with the string ID of the upload. Will reject if there is a connection problem, the file doesn’t exist, or there is some other problem.

All Options are similar to startUpload function.

clearUploadQueue()

Clear all files in upload queue.

addListener(eventType, listener)

Adds an event listener to listen to upload events.

eventType Event to listen for. Values: 'progress' | 'error' | 'completed' | 'cancelled'

listener Function to call when the event occurs.

Returns an EventSubscription. To remove the listener, call remove() on the EventSubscription.

Events

progress

Event Data

error

Event Data

completed

Event Data

cancelled

Event Data

FAQs

Is there an example/sandbox app to test out this package?

Yes, there is a simple react native app that you can find here.

Does it support iOS camera roll assets?

Yes, as of version 4.3.0.

Does it support multiple file uploads?

Yes and No. It supports multiple concurrent uploads, but only a single upload per request. That should be fine for 90%+ of cases.

Why should I use this file uploader instead of others that I've Googled like react-native-uploader?

This package has two killer features not found anywhere else (as of 12/16/2016). First, it works on both iOS and Android. Others are iOS only. Second, it supports background uploading. This means that users can background your app and the upload will continue. This does not happen with other uploaders.

What is the difference between this package and react-native-background-upload?

This package heavily inspired by react-native-background-upload and base on that. But this package has a some of features that do not exist in react-native-background-uploa, such as Upload queue and etc.

Inspiration

This project is heavily inspired by react-native-background-upload. Kudos to @Vydia. 👍

Gratitude

Thanks to android-upload-service It made Android dead simple to support.

Author

Mostafa Taghipour, mostafa@taghipour.me

License

react-native-upload-manager is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.