XMLHttpRequest: upload property
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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers, except for Service Workers.
The XMLHttpRequest upload property returns an XMLHttpRequestUpload object that can be observed to monitor an upload's progress.
It is an opaque object, but because it's also an XMLHttpRequestEventTarget, event listeners can be attached to track its process.
Note:
Attaching event listeners to this object prevents the request from being a "simple request" and will cause a preflight request to be issued if cross-origin; see CORS. Because of this, event listeners need to be registered before calling send() or upload events won't be dispatched.
Note:
The spec also seems to indicate that event listeners should be attached after open(). However, browsers are buggy on this matter, and often need the listeners to be registered before open() to work.
The following events can be triggered on an upload object and used to monitor the upload:
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loadstart |
The upload has begun. |
progress |
Periodically delivered to indicate the amount of progress made so far. |
abort |
The upload operation was aborted. |
error |
The upload failed due to an error. |
load |
The upload completed successfully. |
timeout |
The upload timed out because a reply did not arrive within the time
interval specified by the
XMLHttpRequest.timeout.
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loadend |
The upload finished. This event does not differentiate between success
or failure, and is sent at the end of the upload regardless of the
outcome. Prior to this event, one of load,
error, abort, or timeout will
already have been delivered to indicate why the upload ended.
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Specifications
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| XMLHttpRequest # the-upload-attribute |
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