jQuery File Upload - Get Folder Name

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I'm using JQuery FileUpload in my web application. Things are working fine. Now i want to extend the behavior and get the folder name from uploaded file. Requirement is to get the folder name when user drop a file on page or select it through the file selection dialog. For this i tried to use callback "fileuploadchange" and "fileuploaddrop". Both worked and i was able to get the selected file collection i.e data.files but data.files[0] didn't contains any information about the source folder. Any idea on how this can be achieved ?

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Thanks in advance.

I doubt you will be able to get the path as browsers hide that information. It's a security feature. To learn more see this post: how to resolve the C:\fakepath? — Yogi
– Yogi, Commented May 19, 2015 at 7:40

monxas · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-19 07:38:43Z

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You can only get info on what the user decides to "give" you, for security reasons. You might get that functionality by using some flash plugin, but with html/js you are not allowed into the users pc, not even folder names (thankfully)

answered May 19, 2015 at 7:38

monxas

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