Which api is required for a file browser?

[abhasbhat...@gmail.com]

Hi, I am new to firefox os app development. I want to make a simple file browser for firefox os for a local hackathon. The thing is I couldnt find the proper api which would allow me to read all the local files. Is it the filereader api or the file api? For both the abovementioned api, I couldnt find out how to actually get the reference of the file without the user actually choosing a file.

[Gabriele Svelto]

On 20/03/2013 14:46, abhasbhat...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I am new to firefox os app development. I want to make a simple file browser for firefox os for a local hackathon. The thing is I couldnt find the proper api which would allow me to read all the local files. Is it the filereader api or the file api? For both the abovementioned api, I couldnt find out how to actually get the reference of the file without the user actually choosing a file.

You might want to look at the device storage API:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAPI/Device_Storage_API

Gabriele

[Abhas Bhattacharya]

> You might want to look at the device storage API:
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> Gabriele

Thanks, but can you tell me how to get also the list of sub-directories in a directory.
I found out this function:
"deviceStorage.enumerate([directory])
Returns a DeviceStorageCursor that enumerates Files in the storage or the directory (string) passed as argument"

Does it return only the files within the directory or also the sub-directories within it?

Also regarding the function: does the term storage mean the root directory of all the files?

[Jonas Sicking]

It will also enumerate subdirectories.

/ Jonas
On Mar 20, 2013 8:40 PM, "Abhas Bhattacharya" <abhasbhat...@gmail.com>
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[Abhas Bhattacharya]

> You might want to look at the device storage API:
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> Gabriele