Upload from local drive to local filesystem in HTML with Filesystem API

To upload from local drive to the local file system, we can use −

• Webkitdirectory attribute on <input type=”file”> − This allows the user to select a directory by the appropriate dialog box.
• Filesystem API is a sandboxed filesystem, which allows us to store files on client’s machine.
• File API allows us to read files. Files are accessible by <input type=”file”> element

All of the above is working fine in Google Chrome.

WebKit directory is a much better option among these. Use the following for directory −

webkitRequestFileSystem(
   window.TEMPORARY, 5 * 1024 * 1024, function(_fs) {
      fs = _fs;
   },
Err

Above, err and fs are −

var fs,
err = function(err) {
   throw err;
};