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 (already shipping) enabled system share dialogs; however only text and urls could previously be shared.

Demos

• http://wicg.github.io/web-share/demos/share-files.html
• https://jsfiddle.net/ericwilligers/8cpuskqd/
• https://jsfiddle.net/ericwilligers/7cory9mj/

Documentation

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

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>WebShare

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for Android release 75

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No public signals
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• mgiuca@chromium.org
• raymes@chromium.org
• ericwilligers@chromium.org

Last updated on 2019-05-01