Send multipart/form-data files with angular using $http

Here's an updated answer for Angular 4 & 5. TransformRequest and angular.identity were dropped. I've also included the ability to combine files with JSON data in one request.

Angular 5 Solution:

import {HttpClient} from '@angular/common/http';

uploadFileToUrl(files, restObj, uploadUrl): Promise<any> {
  // Note that setting a content-type header
  // for mutlipart forms breaks some built in
  // request parsers like multer in express.
  const options = {} as any; // Set any options you like
  const formData = new FormData();

  // Append files to the virtual form.
  for (const file of files) {
    formData.append(file.name, file)
  }

  // Optional, append other kev:val rest data to the form.
  Object.keys(restObj).forEach(key => {
    formData.append(key, restObj[key]);
  });

  // Send it.
  return this.httpClient.post(uploadUrl, formData, options)
    .toPromise()
    .catch((e) => {
      // handle me
    });
}

Angular 4 Solution:

// Note that these imports below are deprecated in Angular 5
import {Http, RequestOptions} from '@angular/http';

uploadFileToUrl(files, restObj, uploadUrl): Promise<any> {
  // Note that setting a content-type header
  // for mutlipart forms breaks some built in
  // request parsers like multer in express.
  const options = new RequestOptions();
  const formData = new FormData();

  // Append files to the virtual form.
  for (const file of files) {
    formData.append(file.name, file)
  }

  // Optional, append other kev:val rest data to the form.
  Object.keys(restObj).forEach(key => {
    formData.append(key, restObj[key]);
  });

  // Send it.
  return this.http.post(uploadUrl, formData, options)
    .toPromise()
    .catch((e) => {
      // handle me
    });
}

Take a look at the FormData object: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/FormData

this.uploadFileToUrl = function(file, uploadUrl){
        var fd = new FormData();
        fd.append('file', file);
        $http.post(uploadUrl, fd, {
            transformRequest: angular.identity,
            headers: {'Content-Type': undefined}
        })
        .success(function(){
        })
        .error(function(){
        });
    }