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Use @nextcloud/upload for chunked file uploads #3449
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I can confirm this issue on Android PWA — video files over ~2.1 MB crash immediately due to WebView IPC buffer limit. Chunked uploads would fix this completely.
I thought about the implementation and here are my findings:
- there are no any other apps what uses
@nextcloud/uploadexcept server - we should use 3 http calls:
MKCOLto initialize upload workspace- actually chunk upload
MOVEassemble call to merge chunks
So it seems like we should create a temporary folder in form owner filesystem, share this folder with submitter and upload file inside it. After that we can submit form by passing fileId.
WDYT @Chartman123 ?
- there are no any other apps what uses
Pinging @susnux, too, as he probably knows more about the lib and how to use it best with Forms. :)
I can confirm this issue on Android PWA — video files over ~2.1 MB crash immediately due to WebView IPC buffer limit. Chunked uploads would fix this completely.
Chunked uploads would not solve this because a chunk is usually >= 10MB so bigger than your 2.1MB.
there are no any other apps what uses @nextcloud/upload except server
There is, the photos app.
Pinging @susnux, too, as he probably knows more about the lib and how to use it best with Forms. :)
@nextcloud/uploadis not actively worked on, we will instead add uploading API to@nextcloud/files(its already available in beta with v4.1.0-beta). Moreover soon there will be a component for this purpose in@nextcloud/vueso it can be used with Vue 2 and Vue 3.Reacted by Christian HartmannI would recommend waiting ~a month and then use the logic from the library
Reacted by Kostiantyn Miakshyn@susnux hey-hey!
Have you released everything that planned? As far I can see the latest tag was released few days ago. Does it enable work on the current task?Where can I get inspiration (are we using this new uploaded anywhere already)?
nextcloud-files v4.1.0 beta was release including the API already - the component is being reviewed:
nextcloud-libraries/nextcloud-vue#7882@susnux sorry, I didn't get. Should I wait for nextcloud-libraries/nextcloud-vue#7882 as well?
Depends if it makes sense to reuse the component here, otherwise you can also just use the logic from the library
The Forms app currently uses a basic file input with simple FormData uploads. This works but has limitations for large files.
Nextcloud has a proper upload library (
@nextcloud/upload) that supports chunked uploads, progress tracking, and resumability - the same experience users get in Nextcloud server.Would be nice to add that to forms as well