Use @nextcloud/upload for chunked file uploads
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enhancement
feature: 📝 submitting responses
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
The Forms app currently uses a basic file input with simple FormData uploads. This works but has limitations for large files.
Nextcloud has a proper upload library (@nextcloud/upload) that supports chunked uploads, progress tracking, and resumability - the same experience users get in Nextcloud server.
Would be nice to add that to forms as well
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the Forms code that currently handles the file input and simple FormData uploads, then review how @nextcloud/upload is intended to be integrated. The work is done when large uploads use chunking, expose progress, and can resume as described; verify the existing upload flow still works.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100