The following code should read the content of a text file which is in the current directory upon load, and display it on the html page. I tried modifying by my self. But it does not give an output. Is there an easier way to get this result using another method? or please help figure out what is wrong with this code?
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html;charset=UTF-8' >
<script>
function startRead()
{
// obtain input element through DOM
var file = document.getElementById("\\file.txt").files[0]
if(file)
{
getAsText(file);
}
}
function getAsText(readFile)
{
var reader;
try
{
reader = new FileReader();
}catch(e)
{
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML =
"Error: seems File API is not supported on your browser";
return;
}
// Read file into memory as UTF-8
reader.readAsText(readFile, "UTF-8");
// Handle progress, success, and errors
reader.onload = loaded;
reader.onerror = errorHandler;
}
function loaded(evt)
{
// Obtain the read file data
var fileString = evt.target.result;
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = fileString;
}
function errorHandler(evt)
{
if(evt.target.error.code == evt.target.error.NOT_READABLE_ERR)
{
// The file could not be read
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = "Error reading file..."
}
}
//Start reading file on load
window.addEventListener("load", startRead() { }, false);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<pre>
<code id="output">
</code>
</pre>
</body>
</html>
Given below is the code which I modified to get the above code. My intention was. As I open the html file it would read the text file which is in the current directory and display the content.
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv='Content-type' content='text/html;charset=UTF-8' >
<script>
function startRead()
{
// obtain input element through DOM
var file = document.getElementById("file").files[0];
if(file)
{
getAsText(file);
}
}
function getAsText(readFile)
{
var reader;
try
{
reader = new FileReader();
}catch(e)
{
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML =
"Error: seems File API is not supported on your browser";
return;
}
// Read file into memory as UTF-8
reader.readAsText(readFile, "UTF-8");
// Handle progress, success, and errors
reader.onload = loaded;
reader.onerror = errorHandler;
}
function loaded(evt)
{
// Obtain the read file data
var fileString = evt.target.result;
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = fileString;
}
function errorHandler(evt)
{
if(evt.target.error.code == evt.target.error.NOT_READABLE_ERR)
{
// The file could not be read
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = "Error reading file..."
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input id="file" type="file" multiple onchange="startRead()">
<pre>
<code id="output">
</code>
</pre>
</body>
</html>