<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

  <head>
    <base href="." />
    <title>Image upload in angular2 to HTTP request</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js@2.4.1/client/shim.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/zone.js/dist/zone.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/zone.js/dist/long-stack-trace-zone.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/reflect-metadata@0.1.3/Reflect.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/systemjs@0.19.31/dist/system.js"></script>
    <script src="config.js"></script>
    <script>
    System.import('app')
      .catch(console.error.bind(console));
  </script>
  </head>

  <body>
    <my-app>
    loading...
  </my-app>
  </body>

</html>
/* Styles go here */

### Angular Starter Plunker - Typescript
System.config({
  //use typescript for compilation
  transpiler: 'typescript',
  //typescript compiler options
  typescriptOptions: {
    emitDecoratorMetadata: true
  },
  paths: {
    'npm:': 'https://unpkg.com/'
  },
  //map tells the System loader where to look for things
  map: {
    
    'app': './',
    
    '@angular/core': 'npm:@angular/core/bundles/core.umd.js',
    '@angular/common': 'npm:@angular/common/bundles/common.umd.js',
    '@angular/compiler': 'npm:@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser/bundles/platform-browser.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.js',
    '@angular/http': 'npm:@angular/http/bundles/http.umd.js',
    '@angular/router': 'npm:@angular/router/bundles/router.umd.js',
    '@angular/forms': 'npm:@angular/forms/bundles/forms.umd.js',
    
    '@angular/core/testing': 'npm:@angular/core/bundles/core-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/common/testing': 'npm:@angular/common/bundles/common-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/compiler/testing': 'npm:@angular/compiler/bundles/compiler-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser/testing': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser/bundles/platform-browser-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing': 'npm:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/http/testing': 'npm:@angular/http/bundles/http-testing.umd.js',
    '@angular/router/testing': 'npm:@angular/router/bundles/router-testing.umd.js',
    
    'rxjs': 'npm:rxjs',
    'typescript': 'npm:typescript@2.0.2/lib/typescript.js'
  },
  //packages defines our app package
  packages: {
    app: {
      main: './main.ts',
      defaultExtension: 'ts'
    },
    rxjs: {
      defaultExtension: 'js'
    }
  }
});
//main entry point
import {platformBrowserDynamic} from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic'
import {AppModule} from './app.module'

platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule)
import {Component} from '@angular/core';
import { Observable }     from 'rxjs/Observable';
import { Http, Headers, Request, Response, RequestOptions } from '@angular/http';

import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  templateUrl: 'app.component.html',
})

export class AppComponent {
  private apiBaseUrl = 'http://api-test.com'; //this is a fake url. Put in your own API url.
  headers: Headers = new Headers();
  
  constructor(private _http: Http) {}
  
  /**
   * Handles the change event of the input tag,
   * Extracts the image file uploaded and 
   * makes an Http request with the image file.
   */ 
  handleInputChange (event) {
    
    var image = event.target.files[0];

    var pattern = /image-*/;
    var reader = new FileReader();

    if (!image.type.match(pattern)) {
        console.error('File is not an image');
        //of course you can show an alert message here
        return;
    }
    
    let endPoint = '/upload/profileImage'; //use your own API endpoint
    let headers = new Headers();
    headers.set('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream');
    headers.set('Upload-Content-Type', image.type)

    this.makeRequest(endPoint, 'POST', image, headers).subscribe(
          response  => {this.handleSuccess(response); },
          error =>  {this.handleError(error); }
        );

  }
  
  /**
   * Makes the HTTP request and returns an Observable
   */
  private makeRequest (endPoint: string,
                        method: string, body = null,
                        headers: Headers = new Headers()): Observable<any>
  {
      let url = this.apiBaseUrl + endPoint;
      this.headers = headers;
      if (method == 'GET') {
          let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: this.headers });
          return this._http.get(url, options)
                          .map(this.extractData)
                          .catch(this.extractError);
      } else if (method == 'POST') {
          let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: this.headers });
          return this._http.post(url, body, options)
                          .map(this.extractData)
                          .catch(this.extractError);
      }
  }
  
  /**
   * Extracts the response from the API response.
   */ 
  private extractData (res: Response) {
        let body = res.json();
        return body.response || { };
    }
    
  private extractError (res: Response) {
        let errMsg = 'Error received from the API';
        return errMsg;
    }
  
  private handleSuccess(response) {
    console.log('Successfully uploaded image');
    //provide your own implementation of handling the response from API
  }
  
  private handleError(errror) {
    console.error('Error uploading image')
    //provide your own implementation of displaying the error message
  }
    
}

<div>
      <h2>Upload Image</h2>
      <input type="file" accept="image/*" (change)="handleInputChange($event)"/>
</div>
import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core'
import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser'
import {AppComponent} from './app.component'
import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http';


@NgModule({
  imports: [ BrowserModule, HttpModule ],
  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
  bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
})
export class AppModule {}
import { Injectable }     from '@angular/core';
import { Observable }     from 'rxjs/Observable';
import { Http, Headers, Request, Response, RequestOptions } from '@angular/http';

import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

@Injectable()
export class HttpService {
  
  private apiBaseUrl = 'http://api-test.com';
  headers: Headers = new Headers();
  
  constructor (private _http: Http) {}
  
  makeRequest (endPoint: string, method: string, body = null, headers: Headers = new Headers()) {
      let url = this.apiBaseUrl + endPoint;
      this.headers = headers;
      if (method == 'GET') {
          let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: this.headers });
          return this._http.get(url, options)
                          .map(this.extractData)
                          .catch(this.handleError);
      } else if (method == 'POST') {
          let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: this.headers });
          return this._http.post(url, body, options)
                          .map(this.extractData)
                          .catch(this.handleError);
      }
  }
  
}