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Using the HTML5 Filesystem API

by Eric Bidelman

July 2011

Intermediate to advanced

72 pages

1h 13m

English

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Conventions Used in This BookUsing Code ExamplesSafari® Books OnlineHow to Contact Us
Use CasesSecurity ConsiderationsBrowser SupportA Cautionary Tale
Storage TypesTemporary StoragePersistent StorageUnlimited StorageQuota Management APIRequesting More StorageChecking Current Usage
Opening a FilesystemHandling Errors
The FileEntryCreating a FileReading a File by NameWriting to a FileAppending Data to a FileImporting FilesUsing <input type=“file”>Using HTML5 Drag and DropUsing XMLHttpRequestUsing Copy and PasteRemoving Files
The DirectoryEntryCreating DirectoriesSubdirectoriesReading the Contents of a DirectoryRemoving DirectoriesRecursively Removing a Directory
Copying a File or DirectoryMoving a File or DirectoryRenaming a File or Directory
Filesystem URLsSummaryBlob URLsSummaryData URLsSummary
IntroductionOpening a FilesystemWorking with Files and DirectoriesHandling ErrorsExamplesFetching All Entries in the FilesystemDownloading Files Using XHR2

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