FileList: item() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The item()
method of the FileList
interface returns a File
object representing the file at the specified index in the file list.
Syntax
js
item(index)
Parameters
index
-
The zero-based index of the file to retrieve from the list.
Return value
A File
object representing the requested file.
Examples
Printing the name of a file
In this example, we use item()
to select the first item in the FileList
.
HTML
html
<input type="file" />
<div class="output"></div>
JavaScript
js
const fileInput = document.querySelector("input[type=file]");
const output = document.querySelector(".output");
fileInput.addEventListener("change", () => {
const fileList = fileInput.files;
if (fileList.length > 0) {
const file = fileList.item(0);
output.textContent = `You selected: ${file.name}`;
}
});
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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File API # dfn-item |
Browser compatibility
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