Approach for File Uploading in React JS

The process of uploading an image can be broadly divided into two steps: 

• Select a File (user input): To enable the user to pick a file, the first step is to add the tag to our App component. This tag should have the type attribute set as “file”. Now, we need an event handler to listen to any changes made to the file. This event handler will be triggered whenever the user selects a new file and will update the state.
• Send a request to the server: After storing the selected file (in the state), we are now required to send it to a server. For this purpose, we can use fetch or Axios. (In this code, we use Axios a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and NodeJS). The file is sent to the service wrapped in a FormData object.

File upload in React JS is an essential requirement while creating a complete application. File uploading means a user from a client machine wants to upload files to the server. For example, users can upload images, videos, etc on Facebook, and Instagram. As with any programming problem, there are many ways to achieve this outcome. This article explains a simple way to implement the approach to upload a single file with React.