Handling uploads with Livewire 3

Getting started

Make sure to have followed Livewire's installation instructions.

You must add @mediaLibraryStyles before the closing </head> tag of your layout file.

Demo application

In this repo on GitHub, you'll find a demo Laravel application in which you'll find examples of how to use Media Library Pro inside your Livewire components.

If you are having trouble using the components, take a look in that app to see how we've done it.

Handling a single upload

You can use livewire:media-library component to upload a single file.

Here's how that might look like in the view of your Livewire component:

<form method="POST" wire:submit.prevent="submit">
   
    <input id="name" wire:model.debounce.500ms="name">

    <livewire:media-library wire:model="myUpload" />

    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

In your Livewire component you must:

use the Spatie\MediaLibraryPro\Livewire\Concerns\WithMedia trait
add a public property that defaults to an empty array for binding the media library component to (in the example above: myUpload, of course you can use any name you want)
for each component that you are going to use you should add a public property with the name you use in the view for that component (in the example above: myUpload)

Here is an example component:

namespace App\Http\Livewire;

use App\Models\YourModel;
use Livewire\Component;
use Spatie\MediaLibraryPro\Livewire\Concerns\WithMedia;

class MyForm extends Component
{
    use WithMedia;

    public $name;

    public $message = '';

    public $myUpload = [];

    public function submit()
    {
        $formSubmission = YourModel::create([
            'name' => $this->name,
        ]);

        $formSubmission
            ->addFromMediaLibraryRequest($this->myUpload)
            ->toMediaCollection('images');

        $this->message = 'Your form has been submitted';

        $this->name = '';
        $this->myUpload = null;
    }

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.my-form');
    }
}

Immediately after a file has been uploaded it will be stored as a temporary upload. In the method that handles the form submission you must use the addFromMediaLibraryRequest method to move the uploaded file to the model you want.

To clear out an uploaded file from being displayed, you can set bound property myUpload to null. This will only clear the uploaded file from view, uploaded files will not be deleted.

Validating a single upload

You can pass any Laravel validation rule to the rules prop of the livewire:media-library component. Here's an example where only jpeg and png will be accepted.

<livewire:media-library name="myUpload" rules="mimes:jpeg,png"/>

You can make the upload required by validating it in your Livewire component:

// in the method that handles the form submission inside your livewire component

public function submit()
{
    $this->validate([
        'myUpload' => 'required',
    ]);
    
    // process the form submission
}

Handling multiple uploads

Uploading multiple files is very similar to uploading a single file. The only thing you need to add is a multiple property

<form method="POST" wire:submit.prevent="submit">
   
    <input id="name" wire:model.debounce.500ms="name">

    <livewire:media-library wire:model="images" multiple />

    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

In your Livewire component you must:

use the Spatie\MediaLibraryPro\Livewire\Concerns\WithMedia trait
add a public property $images that we can bind the uploads to

Here is an example component:

namespace App\Http\Livewire;

use App\Models\YourModel;
use Livewire\Component;
use Spatie\MediaLibraryPro\Livewire\Concerns\WithMedia;

class MyForm extends Component
{
    use WithMedia;

    public $name;

    public $message = '';

    public $images = [];

    public function submit()
    {
        $formSubmission = YourModel::create([
            'name' => $this->name,
        ]);

        $formSubmission
            ->addFromMediaLibraryRequest($this->images)
            ->toMediaCollection('images');

        $this->message = 'Your form has been submitted';

        $this->name = '';
        
        $this->images = [];
    }

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.my-form');
    }
}

Validating multiple uploads

You can pass any Laravel validation rule to the rules prop of the livewire:media-library component. Here's an example where only jpeg and png will be accepted.

<livewire:media-library wire:model="images" rules="mimes:jpeg,png"/>

You can make the upload required by validating it in your Livewire component. Here's an example where at least one upload is required, but more than three uploads are not allowed.

// in the method that handles the form submission inside your Livewire component

public function submit()
{
    $this->validate([
        'images' => 'required|max:3',
    ]);
    
    // process the form submission
}

Administer the contents of a media library collection

You can manage the entire contents of a media library collection with livewire:media-library component. This component is intended for use in admin sections.

Here is an example where we are going to administer an images collection of a $blogPost model. We assume that you already prepared the model to handle uploads.

<form method="POST" wire:submit.prevent="submit">

    <input id="name" wire:model.debounce.500ms="name">

    <livewire:media-library
        collection="images"
        :model="$blogPost"
        wire:model="images"
    />

    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

In your Livewire component you must:

use the Spatie\MediaLibraryPro\Livewire\Concerns\WithMedia trait
add a public property $images that we can bind to upload to (you can use any name you want)
pass the Eloquent model that the collection is saved on to the component, in this case $blogPost

Here is an example component:

namespace App\Http\Livewire;

use App\Models\BlogPost;
use Livewire\Component;
use Spatie\MediaLibraryPro\Livewire\Concerns\WithMedia;

class MyForm extends Component
{
    use WithMedia;

    public $name;

    public $message = '';

    public $images;

    public $blogPost;

    public function mount()
    {
        $this->blogPost = BlogPost::first();
    }

    public function submit()
    {
        $this->blogPost->update(['name' => $this->name]);

        $this->blogPost
            ->addFromMediaLibraryRequest($this->images)
            ->toMediaCollection('images');

        $this->message = 'Your form has been submitted';       
    }

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.my-form');
    }
}

Validating the collection

You can pass any Laravel validation rule to the rules prop of the livewire:media-library component. Here's an example where only jpeg and png will be accepted.

<livewire:media-library wire:model="images" collection="images" :model="$blogPost" rules="mimes:jpeg,png"/>

You can make the upload required by validating it in your Livewire component. Here's an example where at least one upload is required, but more than three uploads are not allowed.

// in the method that handles the form submission inside your livewire component

public function submit()
{
    $this->validate([
        'images' => 'required|max:3',
    ]);
    
    // process the form submission
}

Using custom properties

Media library supports custom properties to be saved on a media item. By default, the livewire:media-library component doesn't show the custom properties. To add them you should create a blade view that will be used to display all form elements on a row in the component.

In this example we're going to add a custom property form field called extra_field.

@include('medialibrary::livewire.partials.collection.fields')

<div class="media-library-field">
    <label class="media-library-label">Extra field</label>
    <input
        class="media-library-input"
        type="text"
        {{ $mediaItem->livewireCustomPropertyAttributes('extra_field') }}
    />

    @error($mediaItem->customPropertyErrorName('extra_field'))
    <span class="media-library-text-error">
       {{ $message }}
    </span>
    @enderror
</div>

You should then pass the path to that view to the fields-view prop of the livewire:media-library component.

<livewire:media-library
    wire:model="images"
    :model="$formSubmission"
    collection="images"
    fields-view="app.your-custom-properties-blade-view-path"
/>

This is how that will look like.

In your Livewire component, you can validate the custom properties like this. This example assumes that you have set the name attribute of livewire:media-library to images.

// inside the method in your Livewire component that handles the form submission
public function submit()
{
    $this->validate([
        'images.*.custom_properties.extra_field' => 'required',
    ], ['required' => 'This field is required']);

    // process the form submission
}

Uploading directly to S3

Currently, Livewire does not support uploading multiple files to S3. That's why only the attachment component can be used to upload files to S3.

To get started with uploading files to s3, make sure to follow Livewire's instructions on how to upload directly to S3.

Next, make sure you have configured the media disk that uses the S3 driver.

With that configuration in place, the livewire:media-library component will now upload directly to S3.

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Handling uploads with Livewire 3

On this page

##Getting started

##Demo application

##Handling a single upload

##Validating a single upload

##Handling multiple uploads

##Validating multiple uploads

##Administer the contents of a media library collection

##Validating the collection

##Using custom properties

##Uploading directly to S3

Getting started

Demo application

Handling a single upload

Validating a single upload

Handling multiple uploads

Validating multiple uploads

Administer the contents of a media library collection

Validating the collection

Using custom properties

Uploading directly to S3