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

I think it's possible; check these two articles:

1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Using_files_from_web_applications
2. http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/01/how-to-develop-a-html5-image-uploader/

They both manipulates with "dropped" file via JS/HTML before uploading to server. (e.g. picture resizing etc.) I hope it helps.

Answer 2

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.