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File constructor

Category

File APIs

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 38)

Intent stage

None

Summary

A programmatic method of constructing File objects, very similar to how Blob objects are built.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileAPI/#file
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: Positive
• Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/164933

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

Samples: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/file-constructor

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