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+/*
+ Copyright 2014 matrix.org
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/*
+ * Upload an HTML5 file to a server
+ */
+angular.module('mFileUpload', [])
+.service('mFileUpload', ['$http', '$q', function ($http, $q) {
+
+ /*
+ * Upload an HTML5 file to a server and returned a promise
+ * that will provide the URL of the uploaded file.
+ */
+ this.uploadFile = function(file) {
+ var deferred = $q.defer();
+
+ // @TODO: This service runs with the do_POST hacky implementation of /synapse/demos/webserver.py.
+ // This is temporary until we have a true file upload service
+ console.log("Uploading " + file.name + "...");
+ $http.post(file.name, file)
+ .success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
+ deferred.resolve(location.origin + data.url);
+ console.log(" -> Successfully uploaded! Available at " + location.origin + data.url);
+ }).
+ error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
+ console.log(" -> Failed to upload" + file.name);
+ deferred.reject();
+ });
+
+ return deferred.promise;
+ };
+}]);
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