uploadVideo.js

function UploadVideo(file) {
    var loaded = 0;
    var chunkSize = 500000;
    var total = file.size;
    var reader = new FileReader();
    var slice = file.slice(0, chunkSize);
            
    // Reading a chunk to invoke the 'onload' event
    reader.readAsBinaryString(slice); 
    console.log('Started uploading file "' + file.name + '"');
        
    reader.onload = function (e) {
       //Send the sliced chunk to the REST API
        $.ajax({
            url: "http://api/url/etc",
            type: "POST",
            data: slice,
            processData: false,
            contentType: false,
            error: (function (errorData) {
                console.log(errorData);
                alert("Video Upload Failed");
            })
        }).done(function (e){
           loaded += chunkSize;
           var percentLoaded = Math.min((loaded / total) * 100, 100);
           console.log('Uploaded ' + Math.floor(percentLoaded) + '% of file "' + file.name + '"');
        
           //Read the next chunk and call 'onload' event again
           if (loaded <= total) {
             slice = file.slice(loaded, loaded + chunkSize);
             reader.readAsBinaryString(slice);
      } else { 
         loaded = total;
           console.log('File "' + file.name + '" uploaded successfully!');
           }
        }
    }
}

Thanks for this script and your explanation on medium! Is it possible to get some hints on how to handle these chunked uploads server side via a php script, please? That would be very helpful!

Sorry, I am not familiar with php

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