🐛 Bug Report: React Native File Upload

[roo12312]

👟 Reproduction steps

Im trying to upload files from react native expo

steps to reproduce

yarn create expo-app demo cd demo yarn add appwrite

here is my App.js

import { StatusBar } from "expo-status-bar";
import { Button, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";

import { Client, Account, Storage } from "appwrite";
const client = new Client();
client
.setEndpoint("https://demo.com/v1") // We set the endpoint, change this if your using another endpoint URL.
.setProject("62aa497432281eaabc7a"); // Your project ID

const account = new Account(client);
const storage = new Storage(client);

export default function App() {
const login = () => {
  const promise = account.createEmailSession("[email protected]", "demodemo");

  promise.then(
    function (response) {
      console.log(response); // Success
    },
    function (error) {
      console.log(error); // Failure
    }
  );
};
const upload = () => {
  const file = new File(["HELOOOO"], "filenamenew.txt", {
    type: "text/plain",
  });
  const promise2 = storage.createFile("userImages", "unique()", file);

  promise2.then(
    function (response) {
      console.log(response); // Success
    },
    function (error) {
      console.log(error); // Failure
    }
  );
};
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
    <Button onPress={login} title="login" />
    <Button onPress={upload} title="upload data" />
  </View>

);
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
  flex: 1,
  backgroundColor: "#fff",
  alignItems: "center",
  justifyContent: "center",
},
});

👍 Expected behavior

It should upload a file named filenamenew.txt to the specified bucket. The same works properly on react native web. but its not working in with android and ios

👎 Actual Behavior

Network request failed at node_modules@babel\runtime\helpers\construct.js:19:9 in _construct at node_modules@babel\runtime\helpers\wrapNativeSuper.js:26:22 in Wrapper at http://192.168.0.108:19000/node_modules%5Cexpo%5CAppEntry.bundle?platform=android&dev=true&hot=false&strict=false&minify=false:120669:293 in _createSuperInternal at node_modules\appwrite\dist\cjs\sdk.js:72:8 in AppwriteException#constructor at node_modules\appwrite\dist\cjs\sdk.js:391:22 in __awaiter$argument_3 at node_modules@babel\runtime\helpers\regeneratorRuntime.js:86:13 in tryCatch at node_modules@babel\runtime\helpers\regeneratorRuntime.js:66:31 in at node_modules\appwrite\dist\cjs\sdk.js:25:46 in rejected at node_modules\promise\setimmediate\core.js:37:13 in tryCallOne at node_modules\promise\setimmediate\core.js:123:24 in setImmediate$argument_0 at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\Core\Timers\JSTimers.js:248:12 in _allocateCallback$argument_0 at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\Core\Timers\JSTimers.js:112:14 in _callTimer at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\Core\Timers\JSTimers.js:162:14 in _callReactNativeMicrotasksPass at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\Core\Timers\JSTimers.js:413:41 in callReactNativeMicrotasks at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\BatchedBridge\MessageQueue.js:391:6 in __callReactNativeMicrotasks at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\BatchedBridge\MessageQueue.js:133:6 in __guard$argument_0 at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\BatchedBridge\MessageQueue.js:368:10 in __guard at node_modules\react-native\Libraries\BatchedBridge\MessageQueue.js:132:4 in flushedQueue

🎲 Appwrite version

Version 0.10.x

💻 Operating system

Windows

🧱 Your Environment

No response

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• [X] I checked and didn't find similar issue

🏢 Have you read the Code of Conduct?

• [X] I have read the Code of Conduct

[stnguyen90]

Thanks for reporting this! We're still trying to find a resource to replicate this problem and troubleshoot further. We'll report back when we have more info.

[roo12312]

@stnguyen90 here is the manual code

it has

1. Login 2.Sdk upload Data
2. xhr methods to upload data
3. axios to upload data

on ios it just creates a empty document with the file name on android it just throws network error

note : need to change the api url

import { Button, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";
import React from "react";
import { Client, Account, Storage } from "appwrite";
import axios from "axios";
const client = new Client();

client
  .setEndpoint("https://demo.in/v1") // We set the endpoint, change this if your using another endpoint URL.
  .setProject("62aa497432281eaabc7a"); // Your project ID

const account = new Account(client);
const storage = new Storage(client);

export default function App() {
  const login = () => {
    const promise = account.createEmailSession("[email protected]", "demodemo");

    promise.then(
      function (response) {
        console.log(response); // Success
      },
      function (error) {
        console.log(error); // Failure
      }
    );
  };

  const xhrupload = () => {
    console.log("_--------------------------------------_");
    const file = new File(["HELOOOO"], "finnw.txt", {
      type: "text/plain",
    });
    let formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("fileId", "unique()");
    formData.append("file", file);
    console.log("formData", formData);
    const sendData = sendXmlHttpRequest(formData).then(
      function (response) {
        console.log("response", response); // Success
      },
      function (error) {
        console.log("error", error); // Failure
      }
    );
  };
  const sdkupload = () => {
    console.log("_--------------------------------------_");
    const file = new File(["HELOOOO"], "fi.txt", {
      type: "text/plain",
    });

    const promise2 = storage.createFile("userImages", "unique()", file);
    promise2.then(
      function (response) {
        console.log(response); // Success
      },
      function (error) {
        console.log(error); // Failure
      }
    );
    return;
  };
  function sendXmlHttpRequest(data) {
    const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      xhr.onreadystatechange = (e) => {
        if (xhr.readyState !== 4) {
          return;
        }
        console.log("xhr.status", xhr);

        if (xhr.status === 201) {
          resolve(JSON.parse(xhr.response));
        } else {
          reject("Request Failed");
        }
      };

      xhr.open(
        "POST",
        "https://demo.in/v1/storage/buckets/userImages/files/"
      );
      xhr.withCredentials = true;
      // xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "multipart/form-data");
      xhr.setRequestHeader("X-Appwrite-Project", "62aa497432281eaabc7a");
      xhr.setRequestHeader("X-Appwrite-Response-Format", "0.15.0");
      xhr.setRequestHeader("x-sdk-version", "appwrite:web:9.0.1");
      xhr.send(data);
    });
  }
  const axiosUpload = () => {
    console.log("_--------------------------------------_");
    const file = new File(["HELOOOO"], "fi.txt", {
      type: "text/plain",
    });
    let formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("fileId", "unique()");
    formData.append("file", file);
    console.log("formData", formData);
    axios({
      url: "https://demo.in/v1/storage/buckets/userImages/files/",
      method: "POST",
      data: formData,
      headers: {
        "X-Appwrite-Project": "62aa497432281eaabc7a",
        "X-Appwrite-Response-Format": "0.15.0",
        "x-sdk-version": "appwrite:web:9.0.1",
      },
    })
      .then(function (response) {
        console.log("response :", response);
      })
      .catch(function (error) {
        console.log("error from image :", error);
      });
  };
  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Button onPress={login} title="login" />
      <Button onPress={sdkupload} title="sdk upload data" />
      <Button onPress={xhrupload} title="xhrupload upload data" />
      <Button onPress={axiosUpload} title="axiosUpload" />
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    backgroundColor: "#fff",
    alignItems: "center",
    justifyContent: "center",
  },
});

[roo12312]

Finally I was able to solve the issue, thanks to @stnguyen90 for helping out

the issue was with the form data handled by the sdk.

here is my code and i have used custom form and XMLHttpRequest() to upload the images

import { Button, Image, StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";
import React, { useState } from "react";
import * as ImagePicker from "expo-image-picker";
import { Client, Account } from "appwrite";
import axios from "axios";
const client = new Client();
const API_URL = "https://demo.in/v1";
const PROJECT_ID = "62aa497432281eaabc7a";
const BUCKET_ID = "userImages";
client
  .setEndpoint(API_URL) // We set the endpoint, change this if your using another endpoint URL.
  .setProject(PROJECT_ID); // Your project ID

const account = new Account(client);

export default function App() {
  const [image, setImage] = useState(null);
  const [succ, setSucc] = useState(false);
  const login = () => {
    const promise = account.createEmailSession("[email protected]", "demodemo");

    promise.then(
      function (response) {
        console.log(response); // Success
      },
      function (error) {
        console.log(error); // Failure
      }
    );
  };

  function sendXmlHttpRequest(data) {
    const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      xhr.onreadystatechange = (e) => {
        if (xhr.readyState !== 4) {
          return;
        }
        console.log("xhr.status", xhr);

        if (xhr.status === 201) {
          resolve(JSON.parse(xhr.response));
        } else {
          reject("Request Failed");
        }
      };

      xhr.open("POST", `${API_URL}/v1/storage/buckets/${BUCKET_ID}/files/`);
      xhr.withCredentials = true;
      // xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "multipart/form-data");
      xhr.setRequestHeader("X-Appwrite-Project", PROJECT_ID);
      xhr.setRequestHeader("X-Appwrite-Response-Format", "0.15.0");
      xhr.setRequestHeader("x-sdk-version", "appwrite:web:9.0.1");
      xhr.send(data);
    });
  }

  const pickImage = async () => {
    // No permissions request is necessary for launching the image library
    let result = await ImagePicker.launchImageLibraryAsync({
      mediaTypes: ImagePicker.MediaTypeOptions.All,
      allowsEditing: true,
      aspect: [4, 3],
      quality: 1,
    });

    console.log(result);

    if (!result.cancelled) {
      setImage(result.uri);
    }
  };

  const uploadImage = async () => {
    let filename = image.split("/").pop();

    // Infer the type of the image
    let match = /\.(\w+)$/.exec(image);
    let type = match ? `image/${match[1]}` : `image`;

    console.log("_--------------------------------------_");
    let formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("fileId", "unique()");
    formData.append("file", {
      uri: image,
      name: filename,
      type,
    });
    // formData.append("read", "");
    // formData.append("write", "");

    console.log("formData", formData);
    await sendXmlHttpRequest(formData).then(
      function (response) {
        console.log("response", response); // Success
        setSucc(true);
      },
      function (error) {
        console.log("error", error); // Failure
      }
    );
  };

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center" }}>
        <Button onPress={login} title="login" />
        <Button title="Pick an image from camera roll" onPress={pickImage} />
      </View>
      <View style={{ flex: 1, alignItems: "center", justifyContent: "center" }}>
        {image && (
          <>
            <Image
              source={{ uri: image }}
              style={{ width: 200, height: 200 }}
            />
            <Button onPress={uploadImage} title="uploadImage" />
          </>
        )}
        {succ && <Text style={{ fontSize: 32 }}>UPLOADED</Text>}
      </View>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    flex: 1,
    backgroundColor: "#fff",
    alignItems: "center",
    justifyContent: "center",
  },
});

[johnfidel98]

this is still an issue... the solution above works - for files less than the chunk size of 5mb... any thing larger than that doesn't work...

I've been looking into the module react-native-chunk-upload uploads chunks in the format *.tmp ... not sure if this is the reason why it doesn't work

[Badbeef1]

It's still an issue with the SDK but this is a version of the code above using the fetch api instead of building the XMLHttpRequest and it's working good for my case :

fetch(`${API_URL}/v1/storage/buckets/${BUCKET_ID}/files/`, {
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "content-type": "multipart/form-data",
            "X-Appwrite-Project": PROJECT_ID,
            "x-sdk-version": "appwrite:web:10.2.0",
        },
        body: formData,
        credentials: "include",
    });

[trashcoder]

I've been looking into the module react-native-chunk-upload uploads chunks in the format *.tmp ... not sure if this is the reason why it doesn't work

I tried it and also react-native-background-upload. When it comes to a chunked upload, i get a response code of 400, but only with React Native. The same code in a React Website works.

[stnguyen90]

So, the crux of the problem with our SDK and react-native is FromData + File. In the browser, you can put a File into FormData and the browser will handle the multipart form request fine. React-Native, doesn't handle File the same way which is why you need to make formdata like:

    let formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("fileId", "unique()");
    formData.append("file", {
      uri: image,
      name: filename,
      type,
    });

Fyi, this is what react native expects a file to be: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/17ecae9ce7bded79ab3a083c9d07e15460e5635c/packages/react-native/types/modules/globals.d.ts#L107

Now, we'd like to use the same SDK and for both browser and react-native and we'd like the signature to kind of be the same. I'm not sure what makes sense from the react-native side, though. How else are people getting files besides ImagePicker? And what do you have if not a URI?

[roo12312]

So, the crux of the problem with our SDK and react-native is FromData + File. In the browser, you can put a File into FormData and the browser will handle the multipart form request fine. React-Native, doesn't handle File the same way which is why you need to make formdata like:

    let formData = new FormData();
    formData.append("fileId", "unique()");
    formData.append("file", {
      uri: image,
      name: filename,
      type,
    });

Now, we'd like to use the same SDK and for both browser and react-native and we'd like the signature to kind of be the same. I'm not sure what makes sense from the react-native side, though. How else are people getting files besides ImagePicker? And what do you have if not a URI?

It's just file uri unless you want to convert it to a blob

[roo12312]

btw here is my updated code and it works fine for me

const uploadToStorage = async (
  bucketId,
  uri,
  permissions,
  fileId = "unique()",
  name,
  ftype
) => {
  // Infer the type of the image
  const match = /\.(\w+)$/.exec(uri);
  const filename = name ? `${name}.${match[1]}` : uri.split("/").pop();
  const fileIdP = filename.split("_").pop().split(".").shift();
  const type = ftype ? ftype : match ? `image/${match[1]}` : `image`;

  const formData = new FormData();
  formData.append("fileId", fileIdP);
  formData.append("file", {
    uri: uri,
    name: filename,
    type,
  });
  permissions.forEach((p) => {
    formData.append("permissions[]", p);
  });

  const response = await fetch(
    `${appwrite.config.endpoint}/storage/buckets/${bucketId}/files`,
    {
      method: "POST", // or 'PUT'
      headers: {
        ...appwrite.headers,
        "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data;",
      },
      body: formData,
    }
  );

  return response.json();
};

[saja25]

hi , this doesn't work for the new web sdk version, any solution on how to upload images ?

[roo12312]

I wish I could help but I migrated to supabase

[lohanidamodar]

@rohankm We now have React Native SDK. Please check it out at https://github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-react-native