react-native-background-upload-client

Handle multipart file uploads to your GraphQL server from your React Native app with Apollo.

Currently only supports iOS.

(Forked from "react-native-background-upload")

Installation

1. Install package

npm install --save react-native-background-upload-client

2. Link Native Code

Autolinking (React Native >= 0.60)

iOS

cd ./ios && pod install && cd ../

Automatic Native Library Linking (React Native < 0.60)

react-native link react-native-background-upload-client

Or, Manually Link It

iOS

1. In the XCode's "Project navigator", right click on your project's Libraries folder ➜ Add Files to <...>
2. Go to node_modules ➜ react-native-background-upload-client ➜ ios ➜ select RNGraphqlFileUploader.xcodeproj
3. Add RNGraphqlFileUploader.a to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries

3. Expo

To use this library with Expo one must first detach (eject) the project and follow step 2 instructions. Additionally on iOS there is a must to add a Header Search Path to other dependencies which are managed using Pods. To do so one has to add $(SRCROOT)/../../../ios/Pods/Headers/Public to Header Search Path in RNGraphqlFileUploader module using XCode.

Usage

// Simply remove the standard apollo createUploadLink...
import { createUploadLink, } from 'apollo-upload-client'

// ... and replace it with this!
import { createUploadLink, } from 'react-native-background-upload-client'

Setting up Apollo Client for File Uploads

This section provides an in-depth example of setting up the Apollo Client and using react-native-background-upload-client to upload a file to your GraphQL server from your React Native app. Ensure you have these additional npm packages installed:

npm install @apollo/client apollo-upload-client

import { createUploadLink, } from 'react-native-background-upload-client'
import { ApolloClient, InMemoryCache, useMutation, gql, } from '@apollo/client'
import { ReactNativeFile, } from 'apollo-upload-client'

// Define your GraphQL server URL
const serverUrl = 'https://your-server-url/graphql'

// Initialize the Apollo Client
const apolloClient = new ApolloClient({
  link: createUploadLink({ uri: serverUrl, }),
  cache: new InMemoryCache(),
})

function MyReactComponent() {
  // Define and use your GraphQL mutation within a functional component
  const [uploadFile] = useMutation(gql`
    mutation($file: Upload) {
      uploadFile(input: { image: $file })
    }
  `)

  // Upload the file to your server within an asynchronous function
  const handleUpload = async () => {
    const response = await uploadFile({
      variables: {
        file: new ReactNativeFile({ uri: 'path-to-file', name: 'file', }),
      },
    })
  }

  return (
    // UI components here
  )
}