How to manage local files

This section describes how to manage local files using the File API.

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Reading local files

This topic describes how to read local files using the File API.

Saving files locally using Web Storage

This topic starts where Reading local files left off, and demonstrates how to save non-large files locally using Web Storage.

Saving files locally using Blob and msSaveBlob

how to locally save files (of arbitrary size) using the Blob constructor along with the window.navigator.msSaveBlob and window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob methods.

Saving files locally using IndexedDB

This topic starts where Saving files locally using Blob & msSaveBlob left off, and demonstrates how to save files of arbitrary size locally by using Indexed Database API.