Laravel 9 Drag And Drop File Upload Using Dropzone JS
Tags: laravel9, fileupload, dropzone, jquery
Published: 2022-12-05 05:30:00

In this article, we will see laravel 9 drag and drop file upload using dropzone js. 

Dropzone JS is an open-source library that provides drag and drops file uploads with image previews. 

Here, we will see laravel 9 dropzone multiple image uploads. So, we will learn how to upload files using dropzone js in laravel 9. 

Dropzone is a javascript jquery plugin, using dropzone.js we can select one by one image with a preview. After choosing an image from browse we can see the preview of the image.

dropzone.js also provides a filter like we can make validation for maximum image upload, a specific image, or file extension like png, jpg, etc. 

There are two ways to add Dropzone to your projects using npm and Stand-alone file.

So, let's see dropzone image upload in laravel 9 and multiple files upload using dropzone in laravel 9.

Drag And Drop File Upload With Dropzone JS In Laravel 9

> Step 1: Add Route In web.php File

In this step, we will add routes to the web.php file.

```
Route::get('dropzone/example', 'App\Http\Controllers\UserController@dropzoneExample');
Route::post('dropzone/store', 'App\Http\Controllers\UserController@dropzoneStore')->name('dropzone.store');
```

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**_[Read Also: Laravel 9 Multiple Image Upload Example](https://techsolutionstuff.com/post/laravel-9-multiple-image-upload-example)_**

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> Step 2: Create Controller

Now, create a controller and add the below code for image upload.

Note: Create a new images folder in your public folder to save images.

```
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\User;

class UserController extends Controller
{

    public function dropzoneExample()
    {
        return view('dropzone_view');
    }

    public function dropzoneStore(Request $request)
    {
        $image = $request->file('file');

        $imageName = time().'.'.$image->extension();
        $image->move(public_path('images'),$imageName);
   
        return response()->json(['success'=>$imageName]);
    }
}
``` 

> Step 3: Add Blade File For View

In this step, create blade file for view output in this path resources\views\dropzone_view.blade.php

```
<html>
<head>
    <title>Laravel 9 Drag And Drop File Upload Using Dropzone JS - Techsolutionstuff</title>
    <link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>  
    <link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dropzone/4.0.1/min/dropzone.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dropzone/4.2.0/min/dropzone.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-12">
            <h1 class="text-center">Laravel 9 Drag And Drop File Upload Using Dropzone JS - Techsolutionstuff</h1><br>
            <form action="{{route('dropzone.store')}}" method="post" name="file" files="true" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="dropzone" id="image-upload">
                @csrf
                <div>
                <h3 class="text-center">Upload Multiple Images</h3>
            </div>    
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        Dropzone.options.imageUpload = {
            maxFilesize: 1,
            acceptedFiles: ".jpeg,.jpg,.png,.gif"
        };
</script>
</body>
</html>
``` 

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