What is the right way to read a text file on my computer and display its content on my website using JavaScript and HTML?
Here’s an example using the file input element and FileReader(): File Input test HTML: JS: var fileContents = document.getElementById(‘file-contents’); var fileInput = document.getElementById(‘file-input’); var reader = new FileReader(); reader.addEventListener(‘load’, (ev)=>{ fileContents.value = ev.target.result; }); fileInput.addEventListener(‘change’, (ev)=>{ reader.readAsText(ev.target.files[0]) }); This is a good purely client-side solution if you’re trying to read … Lire la suite