How to save changed text-file with filemanager?

Webix JS
#1

(new to webix)

When I select a file within my filemanager, it loads the file’s text content into a textarea. After changing the text in the textarea, I want to click a “Save” Button to store the changed textarea’s text back into the existing file.

At the moment I create a new File() and add it to a new FormData(), which I upload with XMLHttpRequest.

This is probably not the webix way to do this?

#2

Hello,

you can try to use Uploader for file upload:


webix.ui({
	id:"uploadAPI",
	view:"uploader",
	upload: "upload.php",
	apiOnly:true
});

var file = new File(...);
$$("uploadAPI").config.formData  = {target: "myFolder"};
$$("uploadAPI").addFile(file);

formData - parameters that will be sent with the uploaded file.

#3

Yes, that works. Thank you, Maria for the fast response. Had to copy and change ‘upload.php’ also that it allows overwriting existing files.

What I still wonder is: ui.filemanager itself has already an uploader on board, at least that’s what I assume with $$(‘filemanager’).getUploader().
Can’t I use the filemanagers uploader API?

#4

Can’t I use the filemanagers uploader API?

You may try )

FileManager uses event handlers for its Uploader that manipulate selected folder. I’m not sure whether your implementation will work correctly with these handlers.