React Dropzone

Introduction to React Dropzone Module

React Dropzone or react-dropzone is a simple React module that can be used to create drag-and-drop functionality in a react application. It provides a convenient way for the user to upload their files by just dragging them from their file explorer and dropping it into the application to upload them. react-dropzone is a feature-rich react module with lots of customizations. For example - restricting the type of file to be uploaded, supporting multiple files to be uploaded at once, etc.

Installation

To install react-dropzone into our application, we can use the following command

Usage

The react-dropzone module can be used in any application which performs some sort of file uploading. For example - a website accepting applications for a university entrance, applications for a job, uploading a post, etc.

Example

Let's now have a look at a basic implementation of uploading files using react-dropzone.

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Basic React Dropzone File Picker

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Allowing to Upload Specific Types of Files

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Minimum and Maximum File Sizes

Example for specifying minimum and maximum file size to be accepted in react dropzone

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Uploading Multiple Files

Example of uploading multiple files using react dropzone

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React Dropzone using Hooks

Example of reacting dropzone using hooks

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How to Show the List of Accepted Files

Program to show a list of accepted files in react dropzone

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Output after uploading files