🏠 New in High Baseline Support: File API

July 15, 2022

caniuse · mdn · spec

The File API represents and reads from file data and metadata. Typically, you get files through other APIs, such as the <input type="file"> element or drag-and-drop events. You may also send file data to other APIs, such as creating images or drawing on canvases.

Source features

• api.FileList [mdn]
• api.FileList.item [mdn]
• api.FileList.length [mdn]
• api.Blob [mdn]
• api.Blob.size [mdn]
• api.Blob.type [mdn]
• api.FileReader [mdn]
• api.FileReader.FileReader [mdn]
• api.FileReader.abort [mdn]
• api.FileReader.abort_event [mdn]
• api.FileReader.error [mdn]
• api.FileReader.error_event [mdn]
• api.FileReader.load_event [mdn]
• api.FileReader.loadend_event [mdn]
• api.FileReader.progress_event [mdn]
• api.FileReader.readAsArrayBuffer [mdn]
• api.FileReader.readAsDataURL [mdn]
• api.FileReader.readAsText [mdn]
• api.FileReader.readyState [mdn]
• api.FileReader.result [mdn]
• api.FileReaderSync [mdn]
• api.FileReaderSync.FileReaderSync [mdn]
• api.FileReaderSync.readAsDataURL [mdn]
• api.FileReaderSync.readAsText [mdn]
• api.FileReaderSync.worker_support [mdn]
• api.FileReaderSync.readAsArrayBuffer [mdn]
• api.File [mdn]
• api.File.name [mdn]
• api.Blob.Blob [mdn]
• api.Blob.slice [mdn]
• api.URL.createObjectURL_static [mdn]
• api.URL.revokeObjectURL_static [mdn]
• api.FileReader.worker_support [mdn]
• api.File.lastModified [mdn]
• api.File.File [mdn]
• api.FileReader.loadstart_event [mdn]
• api.Blob.arrayBuffer [mdn]
• api.Blob.text [mdn]
• api.Blob.stream [mdn]
• api.Blob.bytes [mdn]