How to give a Blob uploaded as FormData a file name?
I am currently uploading images pasted from the clipboard with the following code: // Turns out getAsFile will return a blob, not a file var blob = event.clipboardData.items[0].getAsFile(), form = new FormData(), request = new XMLHttpRequest(); form.append("blob",blob); request.open( "POST", "/upload", true ); request.send(form); Turns out the uploaded form field with receive a name similar to this: Blob157fce71535b4f93ba92ac6053d81e3a Is there any way to set this or receive this file name client side, without doing any server side communication? Chiguireitor For Chrome and Firefox, just use