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Web Share API Level 2

Category

Device

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 89)

Intent stage

Prepare to ship

Summary

Web Share API Level 2 allows sharing of files from the web to an app of the user's choosing. The API enables web developers to build share buttons that display the same system share dialog boxes used by native applications. Level 1 enabled system share dialogs; however only text and urls could previously be shared.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/web-share/level-2/
• Firefox: In development
• Safari: In development
• Web developers: Positive — The ability to share images and files has been a consistent request.
• Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/903010

Docs: https://web.dev/web-share/

Samples: https://w3c.github.io/web-share/demos/share-files.html https://jsfiddle.net/ericwilligers/8cpuskqd/ https://jsfiddle.net/ericwilligers/7cory9mj/ https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/web-share

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