get image Object by path on mobile (Ionic + Cordova + Angular )

Question

I am building a mobile app with Ionic/Cordova/Angular and I don't know how to get a image file by path (to be sent it to the server).

I'm using this example ( http://devdactic.com/how-to-capture-and-store-images-with-ionic/ ) to get and save the image in app folder.

So I have an image name and an image path and I want to get somehow the image object to be able to convert it in base64 and send it to the server.

Any ideas ?

UPDATE:

    `window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL($scope.user.image, onSuccess, onError); 
    function onSuccess(entry) { 
        /* Here:  entry look like this : 
            "isFile":true, "isDirectory":false, "name":"myImgName1234", "fullPath": "/myImgName1234", "filesystem":"FileSystem:files>", "nativeURL":"file:///data/data/com.example.DemoApp/files/myImgName1234"
        */          
        $cordovaFile.readAsDataURL(cordova.file.dataDirectory, entry.name)
        // I also tried : $cordovaFile.readAsDataURL(entry.nativeURL, entry.name) or $cordovaFile.readAsDataURL(entry.fullPath, entry.name)
        .then(function (success) {
            // success
            window.alert('Succes read= '+ JSON.stringify(success));                             
        }, function (error) {
            // error
            window.alert('Error read= '+ JSON.stringify(error));                
        });
    }
    function onError(error){
        window.alert('error' + JSON.stringify(error));
    }`

What I have also tried Error code: 5 <- $cordovaFile.readAsDataURL(cordova.file.dataDirectory, entry.name) Error code: 5 <- $cordovaFile.readAsDataURL(entry.nativeURL, entry.name) Error code: 1000 <- $cordovaFile.readAsDataURL(entry.fullPath, entry.name)
Error code: 1 <- $cordovaFile.readAsDataURL(entry.name)

Is there any way to get the image Object (binary) if you know the path with cordova ? not just the image properties object (fileEntry)

Answer 1

use this plugin to get the file from the device: http://ngcordova.com/docs/plugins/file/ and then do what ever you want with it.

have you used the ngCordova plugin? your code should look something like this:

module.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope, $cordovaFile) {
     $cordovaFile.checkFile(cordova.file.dataDirectory, "file_name.txt")
         .then(function (success) {
             console.log(success);
         }, function (error) {
             console.log(error);
     });
});