I am using the File() constructor for creating file object for uploading a blob file to the server. The following code works fine for Chrome, but fails for Safari and Internet Explorer.
image_url = new File([blob],file_name,{type: mimeString});
The code is breaking at this line and getting this error in console "FileConstructor is not a constructor" (evaluating 'new File([blob],file_name,{type: mimeString})')
Using the FileReader API is an alternative to this but I am not able to fix this issue.
I Suggest to use the blob api, I've found the same problem and I solved like that:
var html = <svg>whatever on svg </svg>
var fileName = "myfile.svg";
var blob = new Blob([html], {type: 'image/svg'});
blob.lastModifiedDate = new Date();
// var blobAttrs = {type: "image/svg"};
// var file = new File([html], fileName, blobAttrs);
var formData = new FormData();
formData.append("file",blob,fileName);
It is not a "file", but you can use it like it was.
According to web "Can I use" Safari does not support the new File()
constructor. See this link http://caniuse.com/#feat=fileapi
So I think you have to either use FileReader or maybe use some of the polyfills listed here https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills
Especially this one could be useful for you https://github.com/mailru/FileAPI (I did not use it myself)
Also have a look at this SO answer What to use instead of FileReader for Safari?