ant-design/components/upload/index.en-US.md

---
category: Components
type: Data Entry
title: Upload
cover: https://gw.alipayobjects.com/zos/alicdn/QaeBt_ZMg/Upload.svg
---

Upload file by selecting or dragging.

## When To Use

Uploading is the process of publishing information (web pages, text, pictures, video, etc.) to a remote server via a web page or upload tool.

- When you need to upload one or more files.
- When you need to show the process of uploading.
- When you need to upload files by dragging and dropping.

## API

| Property | Description | Type | Default | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| accept | File types that can be accepted. See [input accept Attribute](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/file#accept) | string | - |  |
| action | Uploading URL | string \| (file) => Promise<string> | - |  |
| beforeUpload | Hook function which will be executed before uploading. Uploading will be stopped with `false` or a rejected Promise returned. When returned value is `Upload.LIST_IGNORE`, the list of files that have been uploaded will ignore it. **Warning：this function is not supported in IE9** | (file, fileList) => boolean \| Promise<File> \| `Upload.LIST_IGNORE` | - |  |
| customRequest | Override for the default xhr behavior allowing for additional customization and ability to implement your own XMLHttpRequest | function | - |  |
| data | Uploading extra params or function which can return uploading extra params | object \| (file) => object \| Promise<object> | - |  |
| defaultFileList | Default list of files that have been uploaded | object\[] | - |  |
| directory | Support upload whole directory ([caniuse](https://caniuse.com/#feat=input-file-directory)) | boolean | false |  |
| disabled | Disable upload button | boolean | false |  |
| fileList | List of files that have been uploaded (controlled). Here is a common issue [#2423](https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design/issues/2423) when using it | [UploadFile](#UploadFile)\[] | - |  |
| headers | Set request headers, valid above IE10 | object | - |  |
| iconRender | Custom show icon | (file: UploadFile, listType?: UploadListType) => ReactNode | - |  |
| isImageUrl | Customize if render <img /> in thumbnail | (file: UploadFile) => boolean | [(inside implementation)](https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design/blob/4ad5830eecfb87471cd8ac588c5d992862b70770/components/upload/utils.tsx#L47-L68) |  |
| itemRender | Custom item of uploadList | (originNode: ReactElement, file: UploadFile, fileList: object\[], actions: { download: function, preview: function, remove: function }) => React.ReactNode | - | 4.16.0 |
| listType | Built-in stylesheets, support for three types: `text`, `picture` or `picture-card` | string | `text` |  |
| maxCount | Limit the number of uploaded files. Will replace current one when `maxCount` is `1` | number | - | 4.10.0 |
| method | The http method of upload request | string | `post` |  |
| multiple | Whether to support selected multiple file. `IE10+` supported. You can select multiple files with CTRL holding down while multiple is set to be true | boolean | false |  |
| name | The name of uploading file | string | `file` |  |
| openFileDialogOnClick | Click open file dialog | boolean | true |  |
| previewFile | Customize preview file logic | (file: File \| Blob) => Promise<dataURL: string> | - |  |
| progress | Custom progress bar | [ProgressProps](/components/progress/#API) (support `type="line"` only) | { strokeWidth: 2, showInfo: false } | 4.3.0 |
| showUploadList | Whether to show default upload list, could be an object to specify `showPreviewIcon`, `showRemoveIcon`, `showDownloadIcon`, `removeIcon` and `downloadIcon` individually | boolean \| { showPreviewIcon?: boolean, showDownloadIcon?: boolean, showRemoveIcon?: boolean, previewIcon?: ReactNode \| (file: UploadFile) => ReactNode, removeIcon?: ReactNode \| (file: UploadFile) => ReactNode, downloadIcon?: ReactNode \| (file: UploadFile) => ReactNode } | true | function: 4.7.0 |
| withCredentials | The ajax upload with cookie sent | boolean | false |  |
| onChange | A callback function, can be executed when uploading state is changing, see [onChange](#onChange) | function | - |  |
| onDrop | A callback function executed when files are dragged and dropped into upload area | (event: React.DragEvent) => void | - | 4.16.0 |
| onDownload | Click the method to download the file, pass the method to perform the method logic, do not pass the default jump to the new TAB | function(file): void | (Jump to new TAB) |  |
| onPreview | A callback function, will be executed when file link or preview icon is clicked | function(file) | - |  |
| onRemove | A callback function, will be executed when removing file button is clicked, remove event will be prevented when return value is false or a Promise which resolve(false) or reject | function(file): boolean \| Promise | - |  |

### UploadFile

Extends File with additional props.

| Property | Description | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| name | File name | string | - |
| percent | Upload progress percent | number | - |
| status | Upload status. Show different style when configured | `error` \| `success` \| `done` \| `uploading` \| `removed` | - |
| thumbUrl | Thumb image url | string | - |
| uid | unique id. Will auto generate when not provided | string | - |
| url | Download url | string | - |

### onChange

> The function will be called when uploading is in progress, completed or failed.

When uploading state change, it returns:

```js
{
  file: { /* ... */ },
  fileList: [ /* ... */ ],
  event: { /* ... */ },
}
```

1. `file` File object for the current operation.

   ```js
   {
      uid: 'uid',      // unique identifier, negative is recommend, to prevent interference with internal generated id
      name: 'xx.png',   // file name
      status: 'done', // options：uploading, done, error, removed. Intercepted file by beforeUpload don't have status field.
      response: '{"status": "success"}', // response from server
      linkProps: '{"download": "image"}', // additional html props of file link
      xhr: 'XMLHttpRequest{ ... }', // XMLHttpRequest Header
   }
   ```

2. `fileList` current list of files

3. `event` response from server, including uploading progress, supported by advanced browsers.

## FAQ

### How do I implement upload server side?

- You can consult [jQuery-File-Upload](https://github.com/blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload/wiki#server-side) about how to implement server side upload interface.
- There is a mock example of [express](https://github.com/react-component/upload/blob/master/server.js) in rc-upload.

### I want to display download links.

Please set property `url` of each item in `fileList` to control content of link.

### How to use `customRequest`?

See <https://github.com/react-component/upload#customrequest>.

### Why will the `fileList` that's in control not trigger `onChange` `status` update when the file is not in the list?

`onChange` will only trigger when the file is in the list, it will ignore any events removed from the list. Please note that there does exist a bug which makes an event still trigger even when the file is not in the list before `4.13.0`.

### Why does `onChange` sometimes return File object and other times return { originFileObj: File }?

For compatible case, we return File object when `beforeUpload` return `false`. It will merge to `{ originFileObj: File }` in next major version. Current version is compatible to get origin file by `info.file.originFileObj`. You can change this before major release.