How to get to file source path while uploading a file using javascript?
Javascript has no powers to access the file system from the client end (Browser). Its all about security reasons.
But using HTML5 File API, only Firefox has a mozFullPath
property, Even it will return null if you try to get the value of the file path. So i can say that you cant get the file path.
Please refer the following link also.
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How to get full path of selected file on change of <input type=‘file’> using javascript, jquery-ajax?
For security reasons browsers do not allow this, i.e. JavaScript in browser has no access to the File System, however using HTML5 File API, only Firefox provides a mozFullPath
property, but if you try to get the value it returns an empty string:
$('input[type=file]').change(function () {
console.log(this.files[0].mozFullPath);
});
https://jsfiddle.net/SCK5A/
So don't waste your time.
edit: If you need the file's path for reading a file you can use the FileReader API instead. Here is a related question on SO: Preview an image before it is uploaded.
Jersey I can't authorize the user when uploading files
Found the solution while reading through random posts. I found out that adding the @Context
annotation infront of my ContainerRequestContext requestCtx
solved the problem.
I hope I can help someone else with this problem couldn't find any other answers close to this.
@POST
@Path("{albumcode}")
@RolesAllowed("user")
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)
public Response uploadPicture(@PathParam("code") String code,
FormDataMultiPart multipart,
@Context ContainerRequestContext requestCtx) {
<input type=‘file’> for IE gives full path, need file name only
The point of the file input is to provide a file. Names that come with it are "whatever the browser vendor feels like using", they aren't guaranteed to have anything to do with the file name on the file system at all.
You can't change what the browser sends.
If you are going to make use of the name sent by the browser, then you need to make sure it is valid for whatever you are going to do with it (e.g. make sure it only includes characters that are allowed in filenames on your filesystem). This makes it something that must be handled on the server (just like any other client supplied data).
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