What is @uppy/dashboard?
@uppy/dashboard is a versatile file uploader UI plugin for Uppy, a modular file uploader for web applications. It provides a drag-and-drop interface, file previews, and progress indicators, making it easy to integrate file uploading capabilities into your web application.
What are @uppy/dashboard's main functionalities?
Drag-and-Drop File Upload
This feature allows users to drag and drop files into a designated area for uploading. The code sample demonstrates how to set up the Uppy Dashboard with drag-and-drop functionality.
const Uppy = require('@uppy/core');
const Dashboard = require('@uppy/dashboard');
const uppy = Uppy();
uppy.use(Dashboard, {
target: '#drag-drop-area',
inline: true
});
File Previews
This feature provides previews of the files that are being uploaded. The code sample shows how to configure the Uppy Dashboard to display file previews and upload progress details.
const Uppy = require('@uppy/core');
const Dashboard = require('@uppy/dashboard');
const uppy = Uppy();
uppy.use(Dashboard, {
target: '#file-preview-area',
inline: true,
showLinkToFileUploadResult: true,
showProgressDetails: true
});
Progress Indicators
This feature shows progress indicators for file uploads. The code sample demonstrates how to set up the Uppy Dashboard to display detailed progress indicators for each file being uploaded.
const Uppy = require('@uppy/core');
const Dashboard = require('@uppy/dashboard');
const uppy = Uppy();
uppy.use(Dashboard, {
target: '#progress-indicator-area',
inline: true,
showProgressDetails: true
});
Other packages similar to @uppy/dashboard
react-dropzone
react-dropzone is a simple React component for creating a file dropzone. It provides a basic drag-and-drop interface for file uploads but lacks the advanced features and customization options available in @uppy/dashboard.
fine-uploader
fine-uploader is a comprehensive JavaScript library for file uploads. It offers a wide range of features, including drag-and-drop, file previews, and progress indicators, similar to @uppy/dashboard. However, it is not as modular and may require more configuration.
dropzone
dropzone is a popular JavaScript library for drag-and-drop file uploads. It provides a straightforward API and a customizable UI, but it does not offer the same level of modularity and extensibility as @uppy/dashboard.
@uppy/dashboard
Dashboard is a universal UI plugin for Uppy:
- Drag and Drop, paste, select from local disk / my device
- UI for Webcam and remote sources: Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram (all optional, added via plugins)
- File previews and info
- Metadata editor
- Progress: total and for individual files
- Ability to pause/resume or cancel (depending on uploader plugin) individual or all files
Read the docs | Try it
Uppy is being developed by the folks at Transloadit, a versatile file encoding service.
Example
const Uppy = require('@uppy/core')
const Dashboard = require('@uppy/dashboard')
const uppy = Uppy()
uppy.use(Dashboard, {
target: 'body',
inline: true
})
Installation
$ npm install @uppy/dashboard --save
We recommend installing from npm and then using a module bundler such as Webpack, Browserify or Rollup.js.
Alternatively, you can also use this plugin in a pre-built bundle from Transloadit's CDN: Edgly. In that case Uppy
will attach itself to the global window.Uppy
object. See the main Uppy documentation for instructions.
Documentation
Documentation for this plugin can be found on the Uppy website.
License
The MIT License.
0.27.3
Released: 2018-09-03.
New versions in this release:
| Package | Version | Package | Version |
|-|-|-|-|
| uppy | 0.27.3 | @uppy/instagram | 0.27.3 |
| @uppy/aws-s3-multipart | 0.27.2 | @uppy/progress-bar | 0.27.2 |
| @uppy/aws-s3 | 0.27.2 | @uppy/provider-views | 0.27.2 |
| @uppy/companion-client | 0.27.2 | @uppy/react | 0.27.3 |
| @uppy/companion | 0.14.3 | @uppy/redux-dev-tools | 0.27.2 |
| @uppy/core | 0.27.1 | @uppy/status-bar | 0.27.2 |
| @uppy/dashboard | 0.27.3 | @uppy/thumbnail-generator | 0.27.2 |
| @uppy/drag-drop | 0.27.2 | @uppy/transloadit | 0.27.3 |
| @uppy/dropbox | 0.27.2 | @uppy/tus | 0.27.3 |
| @uppy/file-input | 0.27.2 | @uppy/url | 0.27.3 |
| @uppy/form | 0.27.2 | @uppy/utils | 0.27.1 |
| @uppy/golden-retriever | 0.27.2 | @uppy/webcam | 0.27.2 |
| @uppy/google-drive | 0.27.3 | @uppy/xhr-upload | 0.27.2 |
| @uppy/informer | 0.27.2 | - | - |
Changes:
- build: Update readme contributors list before publish (#1023 / @goto-bus-stop)
- build: Enable cssnano safe mode. Fixes
z-index
primarily. (@goto-bus-stop) - @uppy/status-bar: Show number of started uploads, fixes #983 (@goto-bus-stop)
- @uppy/thumbnail-generator: Remove image clear code, fixes #1025. (#1028 / @goto-bus-stop)
- @uppy/aws-s3-multipart: Proper cleanup on cancellation, fixes #992 (#1021 / @goto-bus-stop)
- @uppy/utils: Add fallback to
getFileType
(#1022 / @goto-bus-stop) - @uppy/transloadit: Lazy load socket.io-client, avoiding
buffer
warnings in IE10 when using the uppy
CDN package. (#1019 / @goto-bus-stop) - @uppy/webcam: Fix for Cordova mangling new File instances (#1034 / @firesharkstudios)
- @uppy/xhr-upload: Add file name to Blob instance uploads (#1034 / @firesharkstudios)
- @uppy/transloadit: Only use socket.io's WebSocket transport. (#1029 / @goto-bus-stop)
- @uppy/companion: Rename
UPPYSERVER_
environment variables to COMPANION_
+ more. The old names still work for now but will be dropped in a future release (#1037 / @kvz) - ⚠️ breaking @uppy/transloadit: Change hosted Companion URLs to
https://api2.transloadit.com/companion
, using the hosted uppy-server URLs will now throw an error (#1038 / @goto-bus-stop)