HTML5 fileWriter.write doesn't write to local file
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But I can't find the file anywhere on my machine.
If the write was successful, the file would be written to local filesystem at chrome or chromium configuration directory at Default
-> File System
directory.
See How to Write in file (user directory) using JavaScript?
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I am an Economics PhD candidate at American University and a Python enthusiast
Updated on July 10, 2022Comments
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gpanterov almost 2 years
I am working on the tutorial for HTML5 FileSystem-API. Basically I would like to write a file to my machine. I am using python's simpleHTTPServer to serve the website. Once I load the webpage, the console doesn't raise an error and I get a message that the write was successful. But I can't find the file anywhere on my machine. Here is my code:
function onInitFs(fs) { fs.root.getFile('zz11zzlog.txt', {create: true}, function(fileEntry) { // Create a FileWriter object for our FileEntry (log.txt). fileEntry.createWriter(function(fileWriter) { fileWriter.onwriteend = function(e) { console.log('Write completed.'); }; fileWriter.onerror = function(e) { console.log('Write failed: ' + e.toString()); }; // Create a new Blob and write it to log.txt. var blob = new Blob(['Lorem Ipsum'], {type: 'text/plain'}); fileWriter.write(blob); }, errorHandler); }, errorHandler); } function errorHandler(e) { var msg = ''; switch (e.code) { case FileError.QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR: msg = 'QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR'; break; case FileError.NOT_FOUND_ERR: msg = 'NOT_FOUND_ERR'; break; case FileError.SECURITY_ERR: msg = 'SECURITY_ERR'; break; case FileError.INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR: msg = 'INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR'; break; case FileError.INVALID_STATE_ERR: msg = 'INVALID_STATE_ERR'; break; default: msg = 'Unknown Error'; break; }; console.log('Error: ' + msg); } window.webkitRequestFileSystem(window.TEMPORARY, 1024*1024, onInitFs, errorHandler);