Read the contents of a “file” object?

Question

So I have a \"File\" object (retrieved by handling file drag and drop from desktop). I can send the files to the server with ajax, and then throw them back for javascript to han

Answer 1

Using the links from Martin Mally (thanks a lot!), I came up with this:

var file = e.dataTransfer.files[0],
    read = new FileReader();

read.readAsBinaryString(file);

read.onloadend = function(){
    console.log(read.result);
}

Where read.result holds the contents of the file.