Get file size, image width and height before upload

May 7, 2022 by Tarik Billa

Multiple images upload with info data preview

Using HTML5 and the File API

Example using URL API

The images sources will be a URL representing the Blob object
<img src="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12570834/blob:null/026cceb9-edr4-4281-babb-b56cbf759a3d">

const EL_browse  = document.getElementById('browse');
const EL_preview = document.getElementById('preview');

const readImage  = file => {
  if ( !(/^image\/(png|jpe?g|gif)$/).test(file.type) )
    return EL_preview.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `Unsupported format ${file.type}: ${file.name}<br>`);

  const img = new Image();
  img.addEventListener('load', () => {
    EL_preview.appendChild(img);
    EL_preview.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<div>${file.name} ${img.width}×${img.height} ${file.type} ${Math.round(file.size/1024)}KB<div>`);
    window.URL.revokeObjectURL(img.src); // Free some memory
  });
  img.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(file);
}

EL_browse.addEventListener('change', ev => {
  EL_preview.innerHTML = ''; // Remove old images and data
  const files = ev.target.files;
  if (!files || !files[0]) return alert('File upload not supported');
  [...files].forEach( readImage );
});

#preview img { max-height: 100px; }

<input id="browse" type="file" multiple>
<div id="preview"></div>

Example using FileReader API

In case you need images sources as long Base64 encoded data strings
<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGg... ...lF/++TkSuQmCC=">

const EL_browse  = document.getElementById('browse');
const EL_preview = document.getElementById('preview');

const readImage = file => {
  if ( !(/^image\/(png|jpe?g|gif)$/).test(file.type) )
    return EL_preview.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<div>Unsupported format ${file.type}: ${file.name}</div>`);

  const reader = new FileReader();
  reader.addEventListener('load', () => {
    const img  = new Image();
    img.addEventListener('load', () => {
      EL_preview.appendChild(img);
      EL_preview.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<div>${file.name} ${img.width}×${img.height} ${file.type} ${Math.round(file.size/1024)}KB</div>`);
    });
    img.src = reader.result;
  });
  reader.readAsDataURL(file);  
};

EL_browse.addEventListener('change', ev => {
  EL_preview.innerHTML = ''; // Clear Preview
  const files = ev.target.files;
  if (!files || !files[0]) return alert('File upload not supported');
  [...files].forEach( readImage );
});

#preview img { max-height: 100px; }

<input id="browse" type="file"  multiple>
<div id="preview"></div>

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