README.md

🦋 react-butterfiles

A small component for building file upload fields of any type, for example a simple file upload button or an image gallery field with drag and drop support and preview of selected images.

Install

npm install --save react-butterfiles

Or if you prefer yarn:

yarn add react-butterfiles

Quick Example:

Create a simple file field which consists of a drop zone and a file upload button (for cases where drag and drop is not convenient). Multiple PDF / JPG files are accepted, but with the following restrictions:

• 3 files max
• max 2MB in size per file
• max 10MB in size for the whole selection

import Files from "react-butterfiles";

<Files
    multiple={true} 
    maxSize="2mb"
    multipleMaxSize="10mb"
    multipleMaxCount={3}
    accept={["application/pdf","image/jpg","image/jpeg"]}
    onSuccess={files => this.setState({ files })}
    onError={errors => this.setState({ errors })}
>
    {({ browseFiles, getDropZoneProps, getLabelProps }) => (
        <>
            <label {...getLabelProps()}>Your files</label>
            <div {...getDropZoneProps({ className: "myDropZone" })}/>
            <button onClick={browseFiles}>Select files...</button>
            <ol>
                {this.state.files.map(file => (
                    <li key={file.name}>{file.name}</li>
                ))}
                {this.state.errors.map(error => (
                    <li key={error.file.name}>
                        {error.file.name} - {error.type}
                    </li>
                ))}
            </ol>
        </>
    )}
</Files>

More examples on https://react-butterfiles.netlify.com.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
accept	Array<string>	[]	Defines which file types will be accepted. Example: ["application/pdf"].
multiple	boolean	false	Allow multiple file selection by setting this prop to `true.
maxSize	string	"2mb"	Defines maximum file size (bytes lib used behind the scenes). Example: "10mb"
multipleMaxSize	string	"10mb"	Useful only if multiple prop is set to true. Defines max. file size of all selected files.
multipleMaxCount	number	null	Useful only if multiple prop is set to true. Defines max. allowed selected files.
convertToBase64	boolean	false	If true, selected files will also be converted to baser64 format (useful when working with images / thumbnails).
onSuccess	(files: Array<SelectedFile>) => void	undefined	Callback that will get executed once a valid file selection has been made (via browse files dialog or drag and drop). Each file will have a random id assigned to it.
onError	(errors: Array<FileError>) => void	undefined	Callback that will get executed once an invalid file selection has been made. Each error will have a random id assigned to it. More info about possible errors below.

Render (children) prop

Render prop gives you access to three callbacks:

Prop	Type	Description
browseFiles	BrowseFilesParams => void	Once executed, file browser will be shown. Useful for file upload buttons. The callback can also accept custom onSuccess and onError callbacks, that will override the main ones.
validate	(files: Array<File>) => Array<FileError>	Enables manual validation of files. Eg. after editing the selected image in an image editor.
getDropZoneProps	(additionalProps: ?Object) => Object	Props that need to be spread to a drop zone. Additional props can be passed, for example className or style.
getLabelProps	(additionalProps: ?Object) => Object	Props that need to be spread to your file field's label. Additional props can be passed, for example className or style.

Note that you don't need to have both upload file and drop zone, you can use only one if that's your requirement. For example, to create a simple file field, you would only need to use the browseFiles callback.

Selection error types

While selecting and dropping files, if there are one or more that do not comply with the rules that were set via props, an onError callback will be triggered, with all of the errors passed as the first argument.

Every error in the array will have one of the following error types.

Type	Description
unsupportedFileType	This can only happen via drag and drop since file browser dialog won't let users choose files of invalid type.
maxSizeExceeded	One or more file sizes are greater than maxSize value.
multipleMaxCountExceeded	User selected more files than allowed (more than multipleMaxCount).
multipleMaxSizeExceeded	User selected one or more files with their total size greater than allowed (more than multipleMaxSize).
multipleNotAllowed	This can only happen via drag and drop since file browser dialog won't let users select two or more files if multiple was not set to true.

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Adrian Smijulj 💻 📖 💡 👀 ⚠️	readeral 💻 📖

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!