I am uploading images to a servlet. The validation whether the uploaded file is an image is done in server side only, by checking the magic numbers in the file header. Is there any way to validate the …
Tag: file-upload
Client Checking file size using HTML5?
I’m trying to ride the HTML5 wave but I’m facing a small issue. Before HTML5 we were checking the file size with flash but now the trend is to avoid using flash in web apps. Is there any way to check the file size in the client side using HTML5? Answer This works. Place it inside an event listener for
Does HTML5 allow drag-drop upload of folders or a folder tree?
I haven’t seen any examples that do this. Is this not allowed in the API spec? I am searching for an easy drag-drop solution for uploading an entire folder tree of photos. Answer It’s now possible, thanks to Chrome >= 21. More info: https://protonet.info/blog/html5-experiment-drag-drop-of-folders/