javascript - Angularjs $http post file and form data

Question

I have the below request in python

import requests, json, io

cookie = {}
payload = {"Name":"abc"}
url = "/test"
file = "out/test.json"

fi = {'file': ('file', open(file) )}
r = requests.post("http://192.168.1.1:8080" + url, data=payload, files=fi, cookies=cookie)
print(r.text)

which send a file, and form fields to the backend. How can I do the same (sending file + form fields) with Angular $http. Currently, I do like this, but not sure how to send the file too.

var payload = {"Name":"abc"};
$http.post('/test', payload)
    .success(function (res) {
    //success
});

Answer 1

I had similar problem when had to upload file and send user token info at the same time. transformRequest along with forming FormData helped:

        $http({
            method: 'POST',
            url: '/upload-file',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'
            },
            data: {
                email: Utils.getUserInfo().email,
                token: Utils.getUserInfo().token,
                upload: $scope.file
            },
            transformRequest: function (data, headersGetter) {
                var formData = new FormData();
                angular.forEach(data, function (value, key) {
                    formData.append(key, value);
                });

                var headers = headersGetter();
                delete headers['Content-Type'];

                return formData;
            }
        })
        .success(function (data) {

        })
        .error(function (data, status) {

        });

For getting file $scope.file I used custom directive:

app.directive('file', function () {
    return {
        scope: {
            file: '='
        },
        link: function (scope, el, attrs) {
            el.bind('change', function (event) {
                var file = event.target.files[0];
                scope.file = file ? file : undefined;
                scope.$apply();
            });
        }
    };
});

Html:

<input type="file" file="file" required />