File Transfer

This plugin allows you to upload and download files.

https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer

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Installation #

Capacitor
Cordova
Enterprise

$ npm install cordova-plugin-file-transfer 
$ npm install @ionic-native/file-transfer 
$ ionic cap sync

Supported Platforms#

Amazon Fire OS
Android
Browser
iOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Windows Phone

Usage#

React#

Learn more about using Ionic Native components in React

Angular#

import { FileTransfer, FileUploadOptions, FileTransferObject } from '@ionic-native/file-transfer/ngx';
import { File } from '@ionic-native/file';

constructor(private transfer: FileTransfer, private file: File) { }

...

const fileTransfer: FileTransferObject = this.transfer.create();

// Upload a file:
fileTransfer.upload(..).then(..).catch(..);

// Download a file:
fileTransfer.download(..).then(..).catch(..);

// Abort active transfer:
fileTransfer.abort();

// full example
upload() {
  let options: FileUploadOptions = {
     fileKey: 'file',
     fileName: 'name.jpg',
     headers: {}
     .....
  }

  fileTransfer.upload('&lt;file path>', '&lt;api endpoint>', options)
   .then((data) => {
     // success
   }, (err) => {
     // error
   })
}

download() {
  const url = 'http://www.example.com/file.pdf';
  fileTransfer.download(url, this.file.dataDirectory + 'file.pdf').then((entry) => {
    console.log('download complete: ' + entry.toURL());
  }, (error) => {
    // handle error
  });
}

To store files in a different/publicly accessible directory, please refer to the following link https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file#where-to-store-files