FilePond is a JavaScript library that allows you to upload files with a sleek, customizable interface. It supports multiple file uploads, image previews, drag-and-drop functionality, and integrates well with various frameworks like React, Vue, and Angular.
Basic File Upload
This code snippet demonstrates how to create a basic file upload interface using FilePond. It initializes FilePond on an input element of type 'file'.
<script>
const inputElement = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]');
const pond = FilePond.create(inputElement);
</script>Image Preview
This code snippet shows how to add image preview functionality to the file upload interface. It registers the Image Preview plugin and initializes FilePond on an input element.
<script>
FilePond.registerPlugin(FilePondPluginImagePreview);
const inputElement = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]');
const pond = FilePond.create(inputElement);
</script>Drag and Drop
This code snippet demonstrates how to enable drag-and-drop functionality for file uploads. It initializes FilePond with options to allow dropping files on the page or on the file input element.
<script>
const pond = FilePond.create(
document.querySelector('input[type="file"]'),
{
dropOnPage: true,
dropOnElement: true
}
);
</script>Server Integration
This code snippet shows how to integrate FilePond with a server endpoint for handling file uploads. It initializes FilePond with a server option pointing to the API endpoint.
<script>
const pond = FilePond.create(
document.querySelector('input[type="file"]'),
{
server: '/api'
}
);
</script>Dropzone is a popular JavaScript library for drag-and-drop file uploads. It offers similar functionalities to FilePond, such as image previews and server integration. However, Dropzone is more focused on drag-and-drop interactions and may require more customization for other types of file uploads.
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A (21 KB gzipped) JavaScript library that can upload anything you throw at it, optimizes images for faster uploads, and offers a great, accessible, silky smooth user experience.
Install from NPM
npm install filepond
Then import in your project:
import * as FilePond from 'filepond';
// Create a multi file upload component
const pond = FilePond.create({
multiple:true,
name:'filepond'
});
// Add it to the DOM
document.body.appendChild(pond.element);
Or get it from a CDN
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>FilePond from CDN</title>
<!-- Filepond stylesheet -->
<link href="https://unpkg.com/filepond/dist/filepond.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<!-- We'll transform this input into a pond -->
<input type="file" class="filepond">
<!-- Load FilePond library -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/filepond/dist/filepond.js"></script>
<!-- Turn all file input elements into ponds -->
<script>
FilePond.parse(document.body);
</script>
</body>
</html>
If you want to use FilePond on commercial sites, themes, projects, and applications, the Commercial license is what you need. With the commercial license, your source code is kept proprietary. View the license options on the pricing page.
If you're working on an open source project under a license compatible with GPLv3, you may use FilePond under the terms of the GPLv3.
For more information you can read the full license here.
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The npm package filepond receives a total of 130,738 weekly downloads. As such, filepond popularity was classified as popular.
We found that filepond demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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