I want to know the right way on how I handle still sending even when I have 0 files uploaded. I have a form that has a lot of data to input and the images are optional.
I could probably send this with an entirely separate Ajax request that is a duplicate of 'sendingmultiple', otherwise I am unsure if this is possible within the confines of dropzones solutions in handling this case.
Dropzone.options.dropzone =
url: '/test/create'
autoProcessQueue: false
clickable: true
uploadMultiple: true
timeout: 180000
parallelUploads: 8
maxFiles: 8
maxFilesize: 5
acceptedFiles: 'image/*'
addRemoveLinks: true
headers: 'X-CSRF-Token': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
init: ->
dzClosure = this
document.getElementById('submit-button').addEventListener 'click', (e) ->
e.preventDefault()
e.stopPropagation()
dzClosure.processQueue()
return
@on 'sendingmultiple', (data, xhr, formData) ->
formData.append 'item_number', jQuery('#item_number').val()
... more form data
return
@on 'success', (file, responseText) ->
window.location.href = url
return
return
Okay I have found a solution that I think works the best. Anyone else with something better please provide.
document.getElementById('submit-button').addEventListener 'click', (e) ->
uploaded_files = $('.dz-preview').length
if uploaded_files > 0
e.preventDefault()
e.stopPropagation()
dzClosure.processQueue()
return
I just changed it so we only override the button to this function if we detect any image previews, which works for my situation. So we still have the normal create/update on the controller as normal that fires when no images are uploaded. Then I have an image_upload_create function in the controller that updates or creates depending if it has a id in the forms.
The solution is all in coffeescript for those confused about syntax.