HTTP file upload without using file input element

[Mohammad Alam]

Hi All,

I want to upload a file on HTTP server but have a filepath and does not want to use input file type element.

Does is it possible to upload a file without showing a file selection dialog or without doing drag/drop.

Regards,

Alam

[Alex Kocharin]

 

No, it's not possible to upload an arbitrary file from your users hard drive without asking them. 

 

It's a shame really. I'm sure maintainers of the wonderful "NSA free backup for everyone" services would've made a great use of it.

 

That said, if you can install your own software on the client-side, it's possible. If you can't do that, maybe some closed-source crap like ActiveX or Flash allows to restyle the dialog, not sure.

 

 

03.09.2014, 23:01, "Mohammad Alam" <mala...@gmail.com>:

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[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 3, 2014, at 3:26 AM, Mohammad Alam wrote:

> I want to upload a file on HTTP server but have a filepath and does not want to use input file type element.
> Does is it possible to upload a file without showing a file selection dialog or without doing drag/drop.

If you're asking whether this is possible in a web browser, then no, access to arbitrary files on the user's machine without the user's input is not a feature of web browsers; it would be a security problem.

I think Java applets are able to do that, however, so if you need that functionality, you could write a Java applet and embed it into your web page. The user will get a prompt asking whether they want to allow Java to access their files.

[q2dg2b]

If you can install your own software on the client-side, you can use Curl