Web Share API Level 2

Web Share API Level 2 allows sharing of files from the web to an app of the user's choosing. The API enables web developers to build share buttons that display the same system share dialog boxes used by native applications. Level 1 enabled system share dialogs; however only text and urls could previously be shared.

Demos

• https://w3c.github.io/web-share/demos/share-files.html
• https://jsfiddle.net/ericwilligers/8cpuskqd/
• https://jsfiddle.net/ericwilligers/7cory9mj/
• https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/web-share

Documentation

• https://github.com/w3c/web-share/blob/master/docs/explainer.md

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 89
• Chrome for Android release 75

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: In development
• Edge: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: In development
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• ericwilligers@chromium.org

Intent to Prototype url

Comments

Shipping in 89 on Windows and Chrome OS. Already shipped on Android.

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Last updated on 2020-10-27