accept method

accept( mimetype )Returns: Boolean

Description: Makes a file upload accept only specified mime-types.

Uses the HTML5 file API to look at the type attribute of one or more selected files and validate that each matches the specified mime-type.

If nothing is specified, only images are allowed (image/*).

You can specify multiple mime-types by separating them with a comma, e.g. "image/x-eps,application/pdf".

Works with type="file" inputs.

Part of the additional-methods.js file

Note: This method used to look at just the filename, specifically the file extension. That behaviour is now available as the "extension" method inside src/additional/extension.js.

Example:

Required, only audio files allowed:

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<!doctype html>

<html>

<head>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<title>Required, only audio files allowed:</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jqueryvalidation.org/files/demo/site-demos.css">

 
</head>

<body>

<form id="myform">

<label for="field">Required, audio files only: </label>

<input type="file" class="left" id="field" name="field">

<br/>

<input type="submit" value="Validate!">

</form>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.validation/1.16.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.validation/1.16.0/additional-methods.min.js"></script>

<script>

// just for the demos, avoids form submit

jQuery.validator.setDefaults({

  debug: true,

  success: "valid"

});

$( "#myform" ).validate({

  rules: {

    field: {

      required: true,

      accept: "audio/*"

    }

  }

});

</script>

</body>

</html>

Demo: