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React Axios: Upload Multiple Images using FormData()

I'm trying to upload files to the back-end. but it fails

Basically I want to upload 11 images at the same time.

At first I do this

    const title, image1, image2, ... = this.state;
    axios.post(`myapi`, {title, image1, image2})

Here is my state of image 1:

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It returns an error of 422 "the given data was invalid"; "image_1": The image field is required.

After several reads online, I found out that to upload and image, you have to use formData. So I tried doing this

const title = this.state.title;

const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('image_1', this.state.image_1);
formData.append('image_2', this.state.image_2);
...
axios.post(`myapi`, {title, formData})

I still get the same 422 error,

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tried to console.log the formData

for (var fd of formData) {
  console.log(fd);
}

the results indicate the formData has been appended well. But somehow i could not upload it because it is "invalid data"

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Thanks for the help!

Solution

  • You are converting the images to FormData but sending them as JSON. You should include title in formData as well.

    const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('title', this.state.title);
formData.append('image_1', this.state.image_1);
formData.append('image_2', this.state.image_2);

    And send the data with header as multipart/form-data

    axios.post(`https://api.cashless.vip/api/homepage`, formData, {headers: {"Content-type": "multipart/form-data"}});

    Hope this works.