var fileinput = document.getElementById('imageUpload');
var max_width = fileinput.getAttribute('data-maxwidth');
var max_height = fileinput.getAttribute('data-maxheight');
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var form = document.getElementById('formUpload');

function processfile(file, o) {
  
  if( !( /image/i ).test( file.type ) ) {
//      alert( "File "+ file.name +" is not an image." );
    return false;
  }

  // read the files
  if (window.FileReader && window.FileReader.prototype.readAsArrayBuffer) {

    var reader = new FileReader();
    reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
    
    reader.onload = function(event) {
      // blob stuff
      var blob = new Blob([event.target.result]); // create blob...
      window.URL = window.URL || window.webkitURL;
      var blobURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob); // and get it's URL
      
      // helper Image object
      var image = new Image();
      image.src = blobURL;
      image.onload = function() {
	    // have to wait till it's loaded
        resized = resizeMe(image); // send it to canvas
        var newinput = document.createElement("input");
        newinput.type = 'hidden'
        newinput.name = 'images[]'
        newinput.value = resized; // put result from canvas into new hidden input
        form.appendChild(newinput);
	    o.submit();		//submit external object	
      };
    };
  }	
}

function readfiles(files, o) {
  
    // remove the existing canvases and hidden inputs if user re-selects new pics
    var existinginputs = document.getElementsByName('images[]');
    var existingcanvases = document.getElementsByTagName('canvas');
    while (existinginputs.length > 0) { // it's a live list so removing the first element each time
      // DOMNode.prototype.remove = function() {this.parentNode.removeChild(this);}
      form.removeChild(existinginputs[0]);
    } 
 
    for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) { 
      processfile(files[i], o); // process each file at once
    }
    fileinput.value = ""; //remove the original files from fileinput
    // TODO remove the previous hidden inputs if user selects other files
}

function resizeMe(img) {
  
  var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');

  var width = img.width;
  var height = img.height;

  // calculate the width and height, constraining the proportions
  if (width > height) {
    if (width > max_width) {
      //height *= max_width / width;
      height = Math.round(height *= max_width / width);
      width = max_width;
    }
  } else {
    if (height > max_height) {
      //width *= max_height / height;
      width = Math.round(width *= max_height / height);
      height = max_height;
    }
  }
  
  // resize the canvas and draw the image data into it
  canvas.width = width;
  canvas.height = height;
  var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
  ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height);
  
  return canvas.toDataURL("image/jpeg",0.7); //set the data from canvas as 70% JPG (can be also PNG, etc.)
}