meteormeteor-slingshot

How to use Slingshot.fileRestrictions to only allow zip files to be uploaded?

i found the code below in slingshot source code

Slingshot.fileRestrictions("myFileUploads", {
  allowedFileTypes: ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif"],
  maxSize: 10 * 1024 * 1024 // 10 MB (use null for unlimited).
});

they show how to limit the upload to images, how do i only allow .zip files to be uploaded?

Solution

  • When a file upload happens the package uses what is in allowedFileTypes and calls a function in the Slingshot package called Slingshot.Validators.checkFileType to validate the File object's MIME type against (File.type). Based on a list of MIME types for .zip files, you want to allow the following: