type FunctionReturn = { fileBase64?: string; fileBase64Full?: string; fileName?: string; fileSize?: number; fileType?: string; }; type Param = { inputFile: File; allowedRegex?: RegExp; }; /** * Input File to base64 * ============================================================================== * * @description This function takes in a *SINGLE* input file from a HTML file input element. * HTML file input elements usually return an array of input objects, so be sure to select the target * file from the array. */ export default async function inputFileToBase64({ inputFile, allowedRegex, }: Param): Promise { const allowedTypesRegex = allowedRegex ? allowedRegex : /image\/*|\/pdf/; if (!inputFile?.type?.match(allowedTypesRegex)) { window.alert( `We currently don't support ${inputFile.type} file types. Support is coming soon. For now we support only images and PDFs.` ); return { fileName: inputFile.name, }; } try { let fileName = inputFile.name.replace(/\..*/, ""); const fileData: string | undefined = await new Promise( (resolve, reject) => { var reader = new FileReader(); reader.readAsDataURL(inputFile); reader.onload = function () { resolve(reader.result?.toString()); }; reader.onerror = function (/** @type {*} */ error: any) { console.log("Error: ", error.message); }; } ); return { fileBase64: fileData?.replace(/.*?base64,/, ""), fileBase64Full: fileData, fileName: fileName, fileSize: inputFile.size, fileType: inputFile.type, }; } catch (error: any) { console.log("File Processing Error! =>", error.message); return { fileName: inputFile.name, }; } }