Is there a way to trigger the click on 'S3 Uploader' component programatically?

Feature Requests
1

I am trying to hide the s3 uploader but want to simulate the user click programatically. Is that possible?

2

Perhaps you could use the S3 resource to upload?

3

In that case, can the user select a file from their local drive? I want to be able to trigger the file selection as a result of a query...

4

Hi @bot_Sensei it doesn't look like any of our file upload components have an event for simulating a click :disappointed: We can make a feature request for that.

In the meantime, I'd recommend one of these potential workarounds -
-spinning up a custom React component
-Having an event that runs after your query to alert the user they need to submit a file
-Having an event that runs after your query to show a hidden file dropzone/file upload button

5

im just throwing this out there (im on my phone so cant test) but i think you could could add your own click event handler and then trigger it. sorry for any psudo code and typos

let myElement = document.getElementById("some_selector");
myElement.addEventHandler('click', function(event) {
  //put what you wanna do here as a result of clicking the element 
})
myElement.dispatchEvent(new Event('click'));
6

Adding event handlers to Retool components like this isn't supported :disappointed: