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Create and read and write local files with FileSystemAccessAPI

Demo ​

DataType
isSupported: false
fileName: ''
fileMIME: ''
fileSize: 0
fileLastModified: 0

Usage ​

ts
import { useFileSystemAccess } from '@vueuse/core'

const { isSupported, data, file, fileName, fileMIME, fileSize, fileLastModified, create, open, save, saveAs, updateData } = useFileSystemAccess()

Type Declarations ​

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typescript
/**
 * window.showOpenFilePicker parameters
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window/showOpenFilePicker#parameters
 */
export interface FileSystemAccessShowOpenFileOptions {
  multiple?: boolean
  types?: Array<{
    description?: string
    accept: Record<string, string[]>
  }>
  excludeAcceptAllOption?: boolean
}
/**
 * window.showSaveFilePicker parameters
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window/showSaveFilePicker#parameters
 */
export interface FileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions {
  suggestedName?: string
  types?: Array<{
    description?: string
    accept: Record<string, string[]>
  }>
  excludeAcceptAllOption?: boolean
}
/**
 * FileHandle
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemFileHandle
 */
export interface FileSystemFileHandle {
  getFile: () => Promise<File>
  createWritable: () => FileSystemWritableFileStream
}
/**
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream
 */
interface FileSystemWritableFileStream extends WritableStream {
  /**
   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/write
   */
  write: FileSystemWritableFileStreamWrite
  /**
   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/seek
   */
  seek: (position: number) => Promise<void>
  /**
   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/truncate
   */
  truncate: (size: number) => Promise<void>
}
/**
 * FileStream.write
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/write
 */
interface FileSystemWritableFileStreamWrite {
  (data: string | BufferSource | Blob): Promise<void>
  (options: {
    type: "write"
    position: number
    data: string | BufferSource | Blob
  }): Promise<void>
  (options: { type: "seek"; position: number }): Promise<void>
  (options: { type: "truncate"; size: number }): Promise<void>
}
/**
 * FileStream.write
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/write
 */
export type FileSystemAccessWindow = Window & {
  showSaveFilePicker: (
    options: FileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions,
  ) => Promise<FileSystemFileHandle>
  showOpenFilePicker: (
    options: FileSystemAccessShowOpenFileOptions,
  ) => Promise<FileSystemFileHandle[]>
}
export type UseFileSystemAccessCommonOptions = Pick<
  FileSystemAccessShowOpenFileOptions,
  "types" | "excludeAcceptAllOption"
>
export type UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions = Pick<
  FileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions,
  "suggestedName"
>
export type UseFileSystemAccessOptions = ConfigurableWindow &
  UseFileSystemAccessCommonOptions & {
    /**
     * file data type
     */
    dataType?: MaybeRefOrGetter<"Text" | "ArrayBuffer" | "Blob">
  }
/**
 * Create and read and write local files.
 * @see https://vueuse.org/useFileSystemAccess
 */
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<
  string | ArrayBuffer | Blob
>
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions & {
    dataType: "Text"
  },
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<string>
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions & {
    dataType: "ArrayBuffer"
  },
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<ArrayBuffer>
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions & {
    dataType: "Blob"
  },
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<Blob>
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions,
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<string | ArrayBuffer | Blob>
export interface UseFileSystemAccessReturn<T = string> {
  isSupported: Ref<boolean>
  data: Ref<T | undefined>
  file: Ref<File | undefined>
  fileName: Ref<string>
  fileMIME: Ref<string>
  fileSize: Ref<number>
  fileLastModified: Ref<number>
  open: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessCommonOptions) => Awaitable<void>
  create: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions) => Awaitable<void>
  save: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions) => Awaitable<void>
  saveAs: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions) => Awaitable<void>
  updateData: () => Awaitable<void>
}

Source ​

Source • Demo • Docs

Contributors ​

Anthony Fu
Jelf
Philippe Entzmann
171H
Carlos Gamez
wheat

Changelog ​

v10.8.0 on 2/20/2024
668ca - fix: updateData on modified file (#3780)
v10.7.0 on 12/5/2023
fccf2 - feat: upgrade deps (#3614)
v10.4.0 on 8/25/2023
a9c8b - fix: make options to be optional (#3320)
v10.0.0-beta.4 on 4/13/2023
4d757 - feat(types)!: rename MaybeComputedRef to MaybeRefOrGetter

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