FileReader.result
Returns the file's contents. This property is only valid after the read operation is complete, and the format of the data depends on which of the methods was used to initiate the read operation.
Syntax
var file = instanceOfFileReader.result
Value
A string or an ArrayBuffer
which depends on the method used to initiate the read operation.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
File API The definition of 'FileReader' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Firefox (Gecko) | Chrome | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 3.6 (1.9.2)[1] | 7 | 10[2] | 12.02[3] | 6.0.2 |
Feature | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Android | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 32 | 3 | 10 | 11.5 | 6.1 |
[1] Prior to Gecko 2.0 beta 7 (Firefox 4.0 beta 7), all Blob
parameters below were File
parameters; this has since been updated to match the specification correctly. Prior to Gecko 13.0 (Firefox 13.0 / Thunderbird 13.0 / SeaMonkey 2.10) the FileReader.error
property returned a FileError
object. This interface has been removed and FileReader.error
is now returning the DOMError
object as defined in the latest FileAPI draft.
[2] IE9 has a File API Lab.
[3] Opera has partial support in 11.1.
See also
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/filereader/result