useUploadFiles

A React (opens in a new tab) hook for implementing file upload using completely custom UI.

Live demo

An example use case is shown below, try it out!

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Example source code

src/App.tsx

import { useMutation } from "convex/react";
import { useUploadFiles } from "@xixixao/uploadstuff/react";
import { api } from "../convex/_generated/api";
 
export function App() {
  const generateUploadUrl = useMutation(api.files.generateUploadUrl);
  const { startUpload } = useUploadFiles(generateUploadUrl);
  return (
    <input
      type="file"
      multiple
      onChange={async (event) => {
        const files = Array.from(event.target.files);
        if (files.length === 0) {
          return;
        }
        // optionally: do something with `files`...
        const uploaded = await startUpload(files);
        // optionally: do something with the response...
      }}
    />
  );
}

API

Check out the source code.

UploadDropzone uploadFiles