file-handling

API for web applications to handle files

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API for web applications to handle files

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Feb 2022	2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Mar 2022	2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Apr 2022	2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
May 2022	2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jun 2022	2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jul 2022	2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Aug 2022	2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Sep 2022	2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 2022	2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 2022	2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Dec 2022	2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Jan 2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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dmitriid·Jan 13, 2023

Where file handling is concerned, there are at least - File System Access API, https://wicg.github.io/file-system-access/ - File Handling, https://github.com/WICG/file-handling/blob/master/explainer.... - Origin Private File System, https://github.com/WICG/file-system-access/blob/main/AccessH... There was also Storage Foundation API to which the reaction was "I don't think it's an acceptable outcome for the web platform to have that many ways to work with files" :) https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/481 This one never saw the light of day.

In SQLite Wasm in the browser backed by the Origin Private File System

qwtel·Feb 15, 2022

It's great and I'm using it for https://sqliteviewer.app. It would be even better if it allowed partial reads/writes with offsets, but alas, security concerns seem to block that. I'm looking at the File Handling API[1] next to let the (installed) web app open .sqlite lite files from the OS file explorer. [1]: https://github.com/WICG/file-handling

In Getting Started with the File System Access API