File and Directory Entries API

The File and Directory Entries API simulates a local file system that web apps can navigate within and access files in. You can develop apps which read, write, and create files and/or directories in a virtual, sandboxed file system.

Getting access to a file system

There are two ways to get access to file systems defined in the current specification draft:

Interfaces

The File and Directory Entries API includes the following interfaces:

FileSystem

Represents a file system.

FileSystemEntry

The basic interface representing a single entry in a file system. This is implemented by other interfaces which represent files or directories.

FileSystemFileEntry

Represents a single file in a file system.

FileSystemDirectoryEntry

Represents a single directory in a file system.

FileSystemDirectoryReader

Created by calling FileSystemDirectoryEntry.createReader(), this interface provides the functionality which lets you read the contents of a directory.

Specifications

Specification
File and Directory Entries API
# api-domfilesystem

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also