Upload service for Ionic and ngCordova

Ionic and ngCordova upload example

Ionic and ngCordova upload example

upload-ctrl.js

// Upload Ctrl

angular.module('starter.controllers')

.controller('UploadCtrl', function($scope, Upload){

	$scope.uploadFile = function() {

		Upload.fileTo(<your server api url>).then(
			function(res) {
				// Success
			}, function(err) {
				// Error
			})
		;

	};

});

upload-service.js

// Upload Service

angular.module('starter.services')

.factory('Upload', function($q, $cordovaCamera, $cordovaFile, Constants) {

    return {

        fileTo: function(serverURL) {

        	var deferred = $q.defer();

			if (ionic.Platform.isWebView()) {

				var options =   {
				    quality: 100
				    , destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI
				    , sourceType: Camera.PictureSourceType.PHOTOLIBRARY
				    , encodingType: Camera.EncodingType.JPEG
				}

				$cordovaCamera.getPicture(options).then(

					function(fileURL) {

						var uploadOptions = new FileUploadOptions();
						uploadOptions.fileKey = "file";
						uploadOptions.fileName = fileURL.substr(fileURL.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
						uploadOptions.mimeType = "image/jpeg";
						uploadOptions.chunkedMode = false;

						$cordovaFile.uploadFile(serverURL, fileURL, uploadOptions).then(

							function(result) {
								deferred.resolve(result);
							}, function(err) {
								deferred.reject(err);
							})

						;

					}, function(err){
						deferred.reject(err);
					})

				;

			}
			else {
				deferred.reject('Uploading not supported in browser');
			}

			return deferred.promise;

        }

    }

})