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{{Infobox technology standard
| title = File API
| status = W3C Working Draft
| year_started = {{Start date|2006|10|18|df=y}}
| first_published = {{Start date|2006|10|18|df=y}}
| organization = [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]]
| editors = {{Plainlist|
* Marijn Kruisselbrink
* Arun Ranganathan
}}
| domain = [[File system]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/}}
| committee = Web Applications Working Group (WAWG)
| related_standards = [[Web worker|Web Workers]]
| base_standards = {{Plainlist|
* [[Document Object Model|HTML DOM]]
* Encoding Standard
* Fetch Standard
* Streams Standard
* URL Standard
* [[data URI scheme]]
* [[XMLHttpRequest|XHR]]
}}
}}
'''[[HTML5]] ''File API''''' aspect provides an [[Application programming interface|API]] for representing file objects in [[web application]]s and programmatic selection and accessing their data. In addition, this specification defines objects to be used within threaded web applications for the synchronous reading of files. The File API describes how interactions with files are handled, for reading information about them and their data as well, to be able to upload it. Despite the name, the File API is not part of [[HTML5]].
'''[[HTML5]] ''File API''''' aspect provides an [[Application programming interface|API]] for representing file objects in [[web application]]s and programmatic selection and accessing their data. In addition, this specification defines objects to be used within threaded web applications for the synchronous reading of files. The File API describes how interactions with files are handled, for reading information about them and their data as well, to be able to upload it. Despite the name, the File API is not part of [[HTML5]].



Revision as of 20:00, 16 December 2021

File API
StatusW3C Working Draft
Year started18 October 2006 (2006-10-18)
First published18 October 2006 (2006-10-18)
OrganizationW3C
CommitteeWeb Applications Working Group (WAWG)
Editors
  • Marijn Kruisselbrink
  • Arun Ranganathan
Base standards
Related standardsWeb Workers
DomainFile system
Websitewww.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/

HTML5 File API aspect provides an API for representing file objects in web applications and programmatic selection and accessing their data. In addition, this specification defines objects to be used within threaded web applications for the synchronous reading of files. The File API describes how interactions with files are handled, for reading information about them and their data as well, to be able to upload it. Despite the name, the File API is not part of HTML5.

See also

References

  1. HTML5 File Writer API
  2. HTML5 File API
  3. Reading local files in JavaScript
  4. A state of limbo: the html5 file api, filereader, and blobs
  5. Geolocation API