Uploading a file and do some other tasks: any package that simplifies the job?

Hello, For some of my Models, I need to upload one or more files and store them within my Model: i.e. I need to upload an avatar for the User profile, or an image for each News I create, or attach a .pdf (i.e. a brochure) and a picture for a Product model.

Uploading a file and store its path within a Model it's a trivial task, but this is only half of the work and that's where situation get complicated: i.e. I'd need to:

"slug" the filename: change 'My Product Picture.jpg' to 'my-product-picture.jpg'
check if there's not yet a 'my-product-picture.jpg' file and, in case, change the new uploaded filename to 'my-product-picture_2.jpg' (and so on for subsequent uploads)
create thumbnails and cache them
if I'm updating a Model, well, delete old file(s) - and related thumbnails - before uploading new one(s), so I don't have "orphaned" files in storage
deal with errors: if user tries to upload a file bigger than upload_max_filesize, well, tell him what's the problem (instead of the current generic 'The :attribute failed to upload.' message that ships with Laravel 5.3)

Since Laravel doesn't manage all these tasks (as far I as know), I created a custom UploadTrait that takes care of (almost) all these things, but it's quite a mess.

I'm sure that I ain't the first who has to deal with these tasks, and I was wondering if there is a Laravel package that can simplify the work: do you know any f these, or do you have suggestions?

Thanks

wolle404

9 years ago

Level 4

Take a look at https://github.com/spatie/laravel-medialibrary

This package can store files/create thumbs or other conversions. You also can create your own path handler.

For your error handling like 'upload_max_filesize' you can use this: https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/validation#rule-size

adnanmayo

9 years ago

Level 1

take a look https://github.com/matriphe/laravel-imageupload this package just simplifies uploading images. you can create thumbnails with only one line of code.

if($request->file('filename')){

$data = \Imageupload::upload($request->file('filename'))

}

done!.

pmall

9 years ago

Level 56

1 & 2 I usually wrap my uploaded files into a storage wrapper so I can generate a suitable name and info for the file :

$wrapper = (new StorageWrapper($request->file))->store();

$wrapper->getName(); // Returns the custom name.

Usually I add a method to my model to associate it with the file :

$wrapper = (new StorageWrapper($request->file))->store();

$my_model->setFile($wrapper);

3 You can use a queued jobs to execute those tasks as they are long running tasks.
4 You can use model observer to handle this before update.
5 You can throw exceptions and handle exceptions as error :

# in your app/Exceptions/Handler.php file
public function render($request, Exception $exception)
{
    // Handle exceptions.
    if ($exception instanceof FileTooBigException) {

        $errors = ['exception' => [$exception->getMessage()]];

         if ($request->wantsJson()) return response()->json($errors, 422);

         return redirect()->back()->withInput()->withErrors($errors);

    }

    return parent::render($request, $exception);
}

jekinney

9 years ago

Level 47

Laravel helpers, validation and request object pretty much IMO is the easiest you can get (arguably). If you need to process images, well you'll have to pull in a plugin for that or pay for third party software via API.

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