get file size before upload with javascript

Question

this is html code :

<form method="POST" action="http://my-site.com/send-file" accept-charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data">
      <input name="_token" type="hidden" value="6Yav0H6Cyp62Rhr6uAAEefzL7Yq0BqIHfhuYwzy4"> 
      <label for="file">File</label>
      <input id="iefile" name="img" type="file">
      <input type="submit" value="send">
</form>

this is js code :

 $('form').submit(function(e) { // capture submit
        e.preventDefault();
        size=$(this).find("input:file").files[0].size ;
        alert(size);
}

but in console this error displayed :

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:16:28Z

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To retrieve properties of DOM elements you should use .prop():

$(this).find("input:file").prop('files')[0].size

This is because $(this).find() returns a jQuery object and not the DOM element directly. Alternatively, you can treat the results as an array and use the first element like so:

$(this).find("input:file")[0].files[0].size

As mentioned in the comments, you should also make sure a file was selected first:

var f = $(this).find("input:file")[0].files[0];
if (f) {
    // do something with f.size
}

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:16

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epascarello Over a year ago

And hopefully they picked a file before they submitted or that is an error.

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