Writable Files

An API to let a website show a file picker and gain read/write access to files. Similar to the existing chrome.fileSystem.chooseEntry extensions API.

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/writable-files
• https://github.com/WICG/writable-files/blob/master/EXPLAINER.md

Specification

Public discussion

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Storage>FileSystem

In development (tracking bug)

Consensus & Standardization

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

Owners

• mek@chromium.org
• nattestad@chromium.org

Last updated on 2018-12-17