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Bolza
Bolza

Reputation: 1944

Get browser download path with javascript

I searched quite a lot for an answer on the web and found nothing.

Is there a way to get the download path of a browser via Javascript?

I don't want to set the path myself i just wanna know where my file goes after been downloaded by the user.

Upvotes: 23

Views: 70964

Answers (4)

tom
tom

Reputation: 2300

Maybe wrong answers. You can do it with some IE versions. It is valid in case you use it for intranet web development as development of products/workflow that requires files. It does not work with other browsers (Schrome, Firefox, Safari, AFAIK).

<input
type="hidden"
id="steel_that_path"
name="steel_that_path" />


<input type="file"
id="this one you use to upload file"
name="this one you use to upload file"                                              
accept="application/octet-stream"                                                 
onBlur="document.getElementById('steal_that_path').value=this.value;"/>

Upvotes: 1

Seth Eden
Seth Eden

Reputation: 1162

https://www.npmjs.com/package/downloads-folder

Usage

const downloadsFolder = require('downloads-folder');

console.log(downloadsFolder());

Installation

$ npm install downloads-folder

Upvotes: 2

Diodeus - James MacFarlane
Diodeus - James MacFarlane

Reputation: 114347

Browsers are deliberately isolated from the local filesystem in order to prevent scripting attacks. You cannot get this information.

Upvotes: 13

Rob W
Rob W

Reputation: 348972

That is not possible.

Pure browser-JavaScript is not be able to get information about the user's filesystem. The default download path might also contain sensible information, which is risky:

Imagine that one stores his downloads at C:\CompanyName\RealName\PhoneNumber\Adress\.

Upvotes: 33

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