filestack-react

filestack-react

React component which allow you to easily integrate powerful filestack-api into your app.

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Table of Contents

• Overview
• Usage
  • Props
  • Examples
  • filestack-js Client
  • SSR
  • Migration from 3.x.x and 4.x.x
  • Migration from 1.x.x and 2.x.x
• Live demo
• Development
• Documentation
• Contribution
• Future

Overview

filestack-react is a wrapper on filestack-js sdk which allow you to integrate with Filestack service in just a few lines of code. Almost all you can do with filestack-js you can do with this component.

Usage

Install it through NPM

npm install filestack-react

then just insert into your app

import { PickerOverlay } from 'filestack-react';

<PickerOverlay
  apikey={YOUR_API_KEY}
  onSuccess={(res) => console.log(res)}
  onUploadDone={(res) => console.log(res)}
/>

Props

Key	Type	Required	Default	Description
apikey	String	true		Filestack api key
clientOptions	Object	false		https://filestack.github.io/filestack-js/interfaces/clientoptions.html
pickerOptions	Object	false		https://filestack.github.io/filestack-js/interfaces/pickeroptions.html
@deprecated onSuccess	Function	false	result => console.log(result)	A function to be called after successful completed action
onUploadDone	Function	false	result => console.log(result)	Called when all files have been uploaded
onError	Function	false	error => console.error(error)	A function to be called when error occurs
onError	Function	false	error => console.error(error)	A function to be called when error occurs

Examples

Render basic Overlay Picker

<PickerOverlay apikey='YOUR_APIKEY'/>

Render basic Inline Picker

<PickerInline apikey='YOUR_APIKEY'/>

Render basic Drop Pane Picker

<PickerDropPane apikey='YOUR_APIKEY'/>

Show picker directly and embed it inside specific container

<PickerInline apikey='YOUR_APIKEY'><div className="your-container"></div></PickerInline>

filestack-js Client

If you need to use Client just try

import { client } from 'filestack-react';

SSR

If you need to use filestack-react with SSR project or site generators like Gatsby check some workarounds in this issues
issue57
issue65

Migration from 3.x.x and 4.x.x

3.x.x	4.0.0	Comment
apikey	apikey
actionOptions	pickerOptions	We want to be consistent with other filestack libs
clientOptions	clientOptions
onSuccess	onSuccess
onError	onError
N/A	children	Children prop will be used now in case you'll want to use specific container
action	N/A	Default picker action will be 'pick' always
file	N/A	Removed
source	N/A	Removed
customRender	N/A	Removed, from now on clients will be responsible for rendering
componentDisplayMode	N/A	Removed, from now on clients will be responsible for rendering

Migration from 1.x.x and 2.x.x

One of the changes introduced in the new version are rethinked props that the component accepts, so that the use of the component is as straightforward as possible. Below you will find information about what happened to each of the options available in 2.x.x :

2.x.x	3.0.0	Comment
apikey	apikey
mode	action
options	actionOptions	We want to emphasize that this option is associated with 'action'
preload	N/A	Now, component is at default preloading necessary js assets, styles, images
file	file
onSuccess	onSuccess
onError	onError
options.handle	source	Handle or url used by specific action is now stored in separate prop
options.url	source	Handle or url used by specific action is now stored in separate prop
security	clientOptions.security	Options used to initialize filestack client are now grouped in ‘clientOptions’
buttonText	componentDisplayMode.customText	Use componentDisplayMode option (see examples)
buttonClass	componentDisplayMode.customClass	Use componentDisplayMode option (see examples)
cname	clientOptions.cname	Options used to initialize filestack client are now grouped in ‘clientOptions’
sessionCache	clientOptions.sessionCache	Options used to initialize filestack client are now grouped in ‘clientOptions’
render	customRender
children	N/A	Use customRender instead

Live demo

Check demo at codepen https://codepen.io/Filestack/pen/KEpVdR - needs to be updated for 4.0 version

Development

All components are located inside src/picker/

After you add some changes just type

npm run build

Be sure that your change doesn't break existing tests and are compatible with linter

npm run test

Documentation

You can find info about available options for actions (Client class methods) in https://filestack.github.io/filestack-js/

Contribution

Any your contributions or ideas are more than welcome. Please consider that we follow the conventional commits specification to ensure consistent commit messages and changelog formatting.

Future

Current ideas:

• Better support for SSR, static site generator and isomorphic apps

Changelog

5.0.0 (2023-12-12)

• Dependency Upgraded packages to the latest possible version while maintaining backward compatibility.