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FileReader

Category

File APIs

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 7)

Intent stage

None

Summary

The FileReader object lets web applications asynchronously read the contents of files (or raw data buffers) stored on the user's computer, using File or Blob objects to specify the file or data to read.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileAPI/#dfn-filereader
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: No signals

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader

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