DropzoneJS Create Thumbnail from URL
http://stackoverflow.com/a/37200623/1461060
HTML
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dropzone/4.3.0/dropzone.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dropzone/4.3.0/dropzone.css">
<form id="sample-img" action="/upload" class="dropzone">
<div class="dz-default dz-message"></div>
</form>
JavaScript
previewThumbailFromUrl({
selector: 'sample-img',
fileName: 'sample Img',
imageURL: 'http://img.tfd.com/wn/93/17E8B3-awful.png'
});
function previewThumbailFromUrl(opts) {
var imgDropzone = Dropzone.forElement("#" + opts.selector);
var mockFile = {
name: opts.fileName,
size: 12345,
accepted: true,
kind: 'image'
};
imgDropzone.emit("addedfile", mockFile);
imgDropzone.files.push(mockFile);
imgDropzone.createThumbnailFromUrl(mockFile, opts.imageURL, function() {
imgDropzone.emit("complete", mockFile);
}, "anonymous");
}