How to get the path of selected folder in javascript or node js

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I want to get the path of selected folder. Here is my code:

<input style="display:none;" id="fileDialog" type="file" webkitdirectory />

var chooser = document.querySelector('#fileDialog');
    chooser.addEventListener("change", function(evt) {
      console.log(this.value);
    }, false);
    chooser.click();

Using this code i'm getting a fakepath.

Is there anyway in node.js,so i can get the path of my selected folder. I'm using express framework in node.js.

You're talking about the path of the file on the client machine, right? — T.J. Crowder
– T.J. Crowder, Commented Oct 22, 2017 at 16:47

T.J. Crowder · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-22 16:40:34Z

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There's no way for you to get the path of the file selected in an input type="file" at all, full stop. Not on the browser, and not transmitted to the server for you to use in Node/Express. That information is simply not available to you. Browsers let you know the name of the file, but that's it.

answered Oct 22, 2017 at 16:40

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Sumit Sarkar Over a year ago

Is there any API to do it?

T.J. Crowder Over a year ago

@SumitSarkar: No, the path of the file that was selected is not made available by the browser at all.

guest271314 Over a year ago

@T.J.Crowder Note, there is a bug at Firefox 47 where the full path is provided at drop event when drop occurs at <textarea> element, see How FileReader.readAsText in HTML5 File API works?

Sumit Sarkar Over a year ago

@T.J. Crowder thanks for your response, but there is some API called electron, which let you know the path of selected folder.

T.J. Crowder Over a year ago

@SumitSarkar: Electron isn't an API, it's a framework for building desktop applications with web technologies. I said the browser doesn't make this information available; and it doesn't. Electron apps use web technologies, but they are not browsers.

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