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I was looking at what my own server accepts, and it is looking for JSON files, which i double checked with my colleagues and confirmed.

My question is this:

If I have a Javascript object, and need to sent it to the server as a file? How would that be done? I was thinking that I would need to use a hidden iframe or something and then submit it.

I was hoping there was some way to say:

var _JS_OBJ_ = {/* ... */}
var f = File(JSON.stringify(_JS_OBJ_));
// ...
// submit a multipart form -OR- $.ajax({.....});

I was hoping there was a way to create a virtual file which isnt actually saved to the client machine, which would alleviate the client-server file downloading restrictions. That way since it isnt saved, i could create a dynamic file to upload to a server via a AJAX call.

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  • stackoverflow.com/questions/6255344/… Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 16:43
  • I know how JSON works, and do that all the time, but the servers accept JSON FILES, not JSON objects.... So i was thinking that i would need to create a temp file, store a string in there, and then post that file to the server. Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 16:48
  • stackoverflow.com/questions/5587973/javascript-upload-file Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 16:49
  • @Fallenreaper Incorrect. The server accepts a long string of 1's and 0's -- that at a slightly higher level is checked to be a string representing a JSON object. If it wants to save those on the disk drive as part of the file system, that is the server's business. Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 16:51
  • Yea, i also of input[type=file] but that is obtained through the local client machine. Can you tie a file input to that of a dynamically created javascript File? Commented Aug 12, 2013 at 16:51
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