I have read some of the previous questions on this topic but I really need to be 100% sure!
Is it possible to read from a .txt file on my local system and present it in my HTML-BODY?
I have tried several functions, here is one:
function readFile (path) {
var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject'),
iStream=fso.OpenTextFile(path, 1, false);
while(!iStream.AtEndOfStream) {
document.body.innerHTML += iStream.ReadLine() + '<br/>';
}
iStream.Close();
}
readFile("testing.txt");
The content of the file is simply around 100 words I want to read from the text file and display in my HTML-BODY.
Is this possible without having my own server?
You can use a FileReader
object to read text file here is example code:
<div id="page-wrapper">
<h1>Text File Reader</h1>
<div>
Select a text file:
<input type="file" id="fileInput">
</div>
<pre id="fileDisplayArea"><pre>
</div>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var fileInput = document.getElementById('fileInput');
var fileDisplayArea = document.getElementById('fileDisplayArea');
fileInput.addEventListener('change', function(e) {
var file = fileInput.files[0];
var textType = /text.*/;
if (file.type.match(textType)) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(e) {
fileDisplayArea.innerText = reader.result;
}
reader.readAsText(file);
} else {
fileDisplayArea.innerText = "File not supported!"
}
});
}
</script>
Here is the codepen demo
If you have a fixed file to read every time your application load then you can use this code :
<script>
var fileDisplayArea = document.getElementById('fileDisplayArea');
function readTextFile(file)
{
var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
rawFile.open("GET", file, false);
rawFile.onreadystatechange = function ()
{
if(rawFile.readyState === 4)
{
if(rawFile.status === 200 || rawFile.status == 0)
{
var allText = rawFile.responseText;
fileDisplayArea.innerText = allText
}
}
}
rawFile.send(null);
}
readTextFile("file:///C:/your/path/to/file.txt");
</script>
I think due to security concern it is not possible to read the file from local machine(Client side) without any client intervention.
I have tried following code provided by Aminul
<script>
var fileDisplayArea = document.getElementById('fileDisplayArea');
function readTextFile(file)
{
var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
rawFile.open("GET", file, false);
rawFile.onreadystatechange = function ()
{
if(rawFile.readyState === 4)
{
if(rawFile.status === 200 || rawFile.status == 0)
{
var allText = rawFile.responseText;
fileDisplayArea.innerText = allText
}
}
}
rawFile.send(null);
}
readTextFile("file:///C:/your/path/to/file.txt");
</script>
it is giving access denied message as shown below
Please find below the code that generates automatically the content of the txt local file and display it html. Good luck!
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript">
var x;
if(navigator.appName.search('Microsoft')>-1) { x = new ActiveXObject('MSXML2.XMLHTTP'); }
else { x = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
function getdata() {
x.open('get', 'data1.txt', true);
x.onreadystatechange= showdata;
x.send(null);
}
function showdata() {
if(x.readyState==4) {
var el = document.getElementById('content');
el.innerHTML = x.responseText;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="getdata();showdata();">
<div id="content"></div>
</body>
</html>