module help - image/file uploading

Hi
Working on an image management module for Mod-X to use on a site [1].
New territory but thanks to sottwell tutorial [2] and files getting someway into it.
Was wondering if there were any hints and tips out there on how to add a file uploader into a module a la that available through TVs.
Am guessing could use the Mod-X API and bindings but this is all still quite new to me
Answers on a postcard gratefully received...

Cole


[1] see http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,21848.0.html for previous discussion on this topic
[2] http://www.sottwell.com/database-module.html

In the third article in that module tutorial series, I have a file upload feature (for uploading a csv file to insert into the database) but it would work for any file upload. Because I wanted this to be part of a mostly AJAX-driven manager page with several options, I put it in an iframe.

Hi Susan
Invaluable resource many thanks - can’t believe there isn’t more out there on writing modules for MODx.
One issue I have with using Ajax in your examples is that the referenced files used to populate the page are situated and accessed outwith the MODx manager (on the client side), meaning

• they can be accessed directly, not a good idea for a management interface, and
• you cannot access the modx api from within them

Are these points right or am I missing something?

Cole

No, you’re right. I’m still learning Ajax; I’m sure that there are ways to make those scripts more secure.