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Reputation: 7953

Restrict file browsing to a specific path only

is there any way to restrict file browsing to a specific path?

<input type="file" name="pic" >

the path may or may not be in local file system, it can also be in network or any other location.

is it possible to do this?

i am using JSP+struts 1.x

thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 140

Answers (2)

flob
flob

Reputation: 3908

You can't set the location of the file due to security reasons.

But you can limit the accepted file types by setting a accept attribute with a mime-type on the input element.

<input type="file" name="pic" accept="image/*" />

See the input element specification:

accept = content-type-list [CI]
 This attribute specifies a comma-separated list of content types that a server
 processing this form will handle correctly. User agents may use this information
 to filter out non-conforming files when prompting a user to select files to be sent
 to the server (cf. the INPUT element when type="file").

Upvotes: 2

Samuel
Samuel

Reputation: 91

No. You cannot. Web server cannot have that privilege to do such a restriction on user local file system. If anyone can do this, I treat this as a hacking.

Upvotes: 1

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