I can't get image preview to work on filepond

I have done literally everything to make it work but it is not working yet

I loaded from cdn just as it is in the preview documentation

<!-- add to document <head> -->
<link href="https://unpkg.com/filepond/dist/filepond.css" 
rel="stylesheet">
<link href="https://unpkg.com/filepond-plugin-image-preview/dist/filepond- 
plugin-image-preview.css" rel="stylesheet">

<!-- add before </body> -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/filepond-plugin-image- 
preview/dist/filepond-plugin-image-preview.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/filepond/dist/filepond.js"></script>

To enhance into a filepond element I have

<script>
const inputElement = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]');
const pond = FilePond.create( inputElement );
</script>

and lastly

<input type="file">

It just shows up as a file and not with image preview. What am I missing?

Solution

The plugins have not been registered with FilePond.

This should work:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>FilePond Plugin Image Preview Demo</title>
    <link href="https://unpkg.com/filepond/dist/filepond.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <link href="https://unpkg.com/filepond-plugin-image-preview/dist/filepond-plugin-image-preview.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>

    <input type="file"/>

    <script src="https://unpkg.com/filepond-plugin-image-preview/dist/filepond-plugin-image-preview.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/filepond/dist/filepond.js"></script>

    <script>
    // Register the plugin with FilePond
    FilePond.registerPlugin(FilePondPluginImagePreview);

    // Get a reference to the file input element
    const inputElement = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]');

    // Create the FilePond instance
    const pond = FilePond.create(inputElement);
    </script>

</body>
</html>

Live demo here: https://pqina.github.io/filepond-plugin-image-preview/

I'm looking at the docs and I see how this is confusing, will improve them as soon as I have some time.