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134---
title: "File Transfer | Cordova Docs File Transfer Download Plugin"
description: "The Cordova File Transfer plug in allows you to upload and download docs files. This plugin is supported on iOS, Android, Windows, and more platforms."
sidebar_label: "File Transfer
"
---

import DocsCard from '@components/global/DocsCard';
import DocsButton from '@components/page/native/DocsButton';
import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
import CodeBlock from '@theme/CodeBlock';

# File Transfer

This plugin allows you to upload and download files.

<p>
  <a href="https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer" target="_blank" rel="noopener" className="git-link">github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file-transfer</a>
</p>

<h2>Stuck on a Cordova issue?</h2>
<DocsCard
  className="cordova-ee-card"
  header="Don't waste precious time on plugin issues."
  href="https://ionicframework.com/sales?product_of_interest=Ionic%20Native"
>
  <div>
    <img src="/docs/icons/native-cordova-bot.png" className="cordova-ee-img" />
    <p>If you're building a serious project, you can't afford to spend hours troubleshooting. Ionic’s experts offer premium advisory services for both community plugins and premier plugins.</p>
    <DocsButton className="native-ee-detail">Contact Us Today!</DocsButton>
  </div>
</DocsCard>

<h2 id="installation">
  <a href="#installation">Installation</a>
</h2>
<Tabs
  groupId="runtime"
  defaultValue="Capacitor"
  values={[
    { value: 'Capacitor', label: 'Capacitor' },
    { value: 'Cordova', label: 'Cordova' },
    { value: 'Enterprise', label: 'Enterprise' },
  ]}
>
  <TabItem value="Capacitor">
    <CodeBlock className="language-shell">
      $ npm install cordova-plugin-file-transfer {'\n'}$ npm install @awesome-cordova-plugins/file-transfer {'\n'}$
      ionic cap sync
    </CodeBlock>
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="Cordova">
    <CodeBlock className="language-shell">
      $ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-file-transfer {'\n'}$ npm install @awesome-cordova-plugins/file-transfer{' '}
      {'\n'}
    </CodeBlock>
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="Enterprise">
    <blockquote>
      Ionic Enterprise comes with fully supported and maintained plugins from the Ionic Team. &nbsp;
      <a className="btn" href="https://ionic.io/docs/premier-plugins">Learn More</a> or if you're interested in an enterprise version of this plugin <a className="btn" href="https://ionicframework.com/sales?product_of_interest=Ionic%20Enterprise%20Engine">Contact Us</a>
    </blockquote>
  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Supported Platforms

- Amazon Fire OS
- Android
- Browser
- iOS
- Ubuntu
- Windows
- Windows Phone

## Usage

### React

[Learn more about using Ionic Native components in React](../native-community.md#react)

### Angular

```tsx
import { FileTransfer, FileUploadOptions, FileTransferObject } from '@awesome-cordova-plugins/file-transfer/ngx';
import { File } from '@awesome-cordova-plugins/file';

constructor(private transfer: FileTransfer, private file: File) { }

...

const fileTransfer: FileTransferObject = this.transfer.create();

// Upload a file:
fileTransfer.upload(..).then(..).catch(..);

// Download a file:
fileTransfer.download(..).then(..).catch(..);

// Abort active transfer:
fileTransfer.abort();

// full example
upload() {
  let options: FileUploadOptions = {
     fileKey: 'file',
     fileName: 'name.jpg',
     headers: {}
     .....
  }

  fileTransfer.upload('&lt;file path>', '&lt;api endpoint>', options)
   .then((data) => {
     // success
   }, (err) => {
     // error
   })
}

download() {
  const url = 'http://www.example.com/file.pdf';
  fileTransfer.download(url, this.file.dataDirectory + 'file.pdf').then((entry) => {
    console.log('download complete: ' + entry.toURL());
  }, (error) => {
    // handle error
  });
}

```

To store files in a different/publicly accessible directory, please refer to the following link
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file#where-to-store-files