improved file upload api

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/Network.ts b/src/client/Network.ts
index ccf60f199..6982ecf19 100644
--- a/src/client/Network.ts
+++ b/src/client/Network.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Utils } from "../Utils";
 import requestPromise = require('request-promise');
+import { Upload } from "../server/SharedMediaTypes";
 
 export namespace Networking {
 
@@ -17,12 +18,21 @@ export namespace Networking {
         return requestPromise.post(options);
     }
 
-    export async function PostFormDataToServer(relativeRoute: string, formData: FormData) {
+    export async function UploadFilesToServer<T extends Upload.FileInformation = Upload.FileInformation>(files: File | File[]): Promise<Upload.FileResponse<T>[]> {
+        const formData = new FormData();
+        if (Array.isArray(files)) {
+            if (!files.length) {
+                return [];
+            }
+            files.forEach(file => formData.append(Utils.GenerateGuid(), file));
+        } else {
+            formData.append(Utils.GenerateGuid(), files);
+        }
         const parameters = {
             method: 'POST',
             body: formData
         };
-        const response = await fetch(relativeRoute, parameters);
+        const response = await fetch("/uploadFormData", parameters);
         return response.json();
     }