Setting up Doka Image Editor with jQuery File Upload

For a quick start use the jQuery File Upload example project included in the product package as a guideline.

Before continuing it's highly recommended to read the JavaScript installation guide as it clarifies important internal functionality of the image editor.

Default implementation example

In the default example below we'll use the openDefaultEditor method to quickly create an image editor.

This creates a "default" editor that has all available plugins loaded and comes preset with all plugin default options and English locale. Each of these settings can be adjusted freely.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<!-- jQuery File Upload styles -->
<link
    href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css"
    rel="stylesheet"
/>
<link href="jquery.fileupload.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="jquery.fileupload-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<!-- Doka Image Editor styles -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./doka/doka.css" />

<!-- 

jQuery File Upload HTML snippet

Copy paste HTML snippet from this demo:
https://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/

-->

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>

<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Templates/js/tmpl.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Load-Image/js/load-image.all.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Canvas-to-Blob/js/canvas-to-blob.min.js"></script>

<script src="jquery.fileupload.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-process.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-image.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-audio.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-video.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-validate.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-ui.js"></script>

<script type="module">
    // import Doka Image Editor functionality
    import { openDefaultEditor } from './doka/doka.js';

    $(function () {
        'use strict';

        // Create jQuery File Upload
        $('#fileupload').fileupload({
            url: 'server/php/',

            // When editing a file use Doka Image Editor
            edit: function (file) {
                return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                    const editor = openDefaultEditor({
                        src: file,
                        imageCropAspectRatio: 1,
                    });

                    editor.on('process', ({ dest }) => {
                        resolve(dest);
                    });

                    editor.on('close', () => {
                        resolve(file);
                    });
                });
            },
        });
    });
</script>

Advanced implementation example

In this example we'll create a custom editor, using a custom set of plugins, locale, and available options.

While this example is a lot more verbose it does allow us to create a more optimal editor package. The build process will tree-shake unused functionality resulting in a smaller build target.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<!-- jQuery File Upload styles -->
<link
    href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css"
    rel="stylesheet"
/>
<link href="jquery.fileupload.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="jquery.fileupload-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />

<!-- Doka Image Editor styles -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./doka/doka.css" />

<!-- 

jQuery File Upload HTML snippet

Copy paste HTML snippet from this demo:
https://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/

-->

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>

<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Templates/js/tmpl.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Load-Image/js/load-image.all.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Canvas-to-Blob/js/canvas-to-blob.min.js"></script>

<script src="jquery.fileupload.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-process.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-image.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-audio.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-video.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-validate.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-ui.js"></script>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>

<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Templates/js/tmpl.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Load-Image/js/load-image.all.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://blueimp.github.io/JavaScript-Canvas-to-Blob/js/canvas-to-blob.min.js"></script>

<script src="jquery.fileupload.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-process.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-image.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-audio.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-video.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-validate.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fileupload-ui.js"></script>

<script type="module">
    // import Doka Image Editor modules
    import {
        // Image editor
        openEditor,
        createDefaultImageReader,
        createDefaultImageWriter,

        // The method used to register the plugins
        setPlugins,

        // The plugins we want to use
        plugin_crop,
        plugin_finetune,
        plugin_annotate,

        // The main UI and plugin locale objects
        locale_en_gb,
        plugin_crop_locale_en_gb,
        plugin_finetune_locale_en_gb,
        plugin_annotate_locale_en_gb,

        // Because we use the annotate plugin we also need
        // to import the markup editor locale
        markup_editor_locale_en_gb,

        // Import the default properties
        markup_editor_defaults,
        plugin_finetune_defaults,
    } from './doka/doka.js';

    setPlugins(plugin_crop, plugin_finetune, plugin_annotate);

    $(function () {
        'use strict';

        // Create jQuery File Upload
        $('#fileupload').fileupload({
            url: 'server/php/',

            // When editing a file use Doka Image Editor
            edit: function (file) {
                return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                    const editor = openEditor({
                        src: file,
                        imageReader: createDefaultImageReader(),
                        imageReader: createDefaultImageWriter(),

                        // Set Markup Editor defaults
                        ...markup_editor_defaults,

                        // Set Finetune plugin defaults
                        ...plugin_finetune_defaults,

                        // This will set a square crop aspect ratio
                        imageCropAspectRatio: 1,

                        // Set locale
                        locale: {
                            ...locale_en_gb,
                            ...plugin_crop_locale_en_gb,
                            ...plugin_finetune_locale_en_gb,
                            ...plugin_annotate_locale_en_gb,
                            ...markup_editor_locale_en_gb,
                        },
                    });

                    editor.on('process', ({ dest }) => {
                        resolve(dest);
                    });

                    editor.on('close', () => {
                        resolve(file);
                    });
                });
            },
        });
    });
</script>

Next steps

With the editor set up, we can continue to configure the editor to our liking by adjusting the available configuration options

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Setting up Doka Image Editor with jQuery File Upload

Default implementation example

Advanced implementation example

Next steps