When you organize the uploads into your website, you often find out that you need to transfer not just files, but also additional information such as the photo album name, author name, description, etc. These details are used to describe uploaded content and determine where its saved — they can be as important as the uploaded files themselves. The ability to attach additional data to uploaded content is a primary feature of Aurigma Image Uploader.
Attach HTML Form
Aurigma can be easily integrated with standard HTML forms. All you need is to create a HTML form on the same page with Image Uploader, specify its name in Image Uploader params, and that's it - all information entered by a user in this form will be submitted to your server as well.
Add Data Through JavaScript
Sending additional data via an HTML form is not always convenient. For example, imagine that you need to send some information that should not be entered by a user, but instead received from a server. A good example of such data is the user credentials retrieved from page to page. To send this information along with files, it would require you to add hidden form fields and fill them programmatically. Fortunately, Aurigma provides more elegant means to do it. It exposes the JavaScript API which enables you to append any piece of information with a single line of code.
Processing Data on a Server
You may wonder if it is difficult to get this data on the server, process it, save to a database, etc. The good news is that if you have ever dealt with HTML forms, you will have no problems working with data uploaded through Aurigma. Image Uploader sends it as a set of POST variables the same way HTML forms are submitted by a browser. That's it, you have already learned how do process data sent through Aurigma!
