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Use @nextcloud/upload for chunked file uploads

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
58/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Locate the Forms code that currently handles the file input and simple FormData uploads, then review how @nextcloud/upload is intended to be integrated. The work is done when large uploads use chunking, expose progress, and can resume as described; verify the existing upload flow still works.

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Description

1. to develop enhancement feature: 📝 submitting responses technical debt

The Forms app currently uses a basic file input with simple FormData uploads. This works but has limitations for large files.

Nextcloud has a proper upload library (@nextcloud/upload) that supports chunked uploads, progress tracking, and resumability - the same experience users get in Nextcloud server.

Would be nice to add that to forms as well

Dominant language
JavaScript
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382
Forks
127
Avg merge
19h 31m
Merged PRs (30d)
75

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