Bug 25886

Summary:	No way to store File objects locally
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Eric Seidel (no email) <eric>
Component:	New Bugs	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	Normal	CC:	annevk, ap, sam
Priority:	P2
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	Mac
OS:	OS X 10.5
Bug Depends on:	25887
Bug Blocks:

Description Eric Seidel (no email) 2009-05-20 00:41:14 PDT

No way to store File objects locally

If you try using Database, it will just store the string "[File Object]".  At least that's what I've been told (and looks like what it will do in JSSQLTransactionCustom.cpp:

http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/bindings/js/JSSQLTransactionCustom.cpp#L77

This is a blocking bug for applications like Gmail to move off gears (which they would like to do!).  They need a way to store files that someone attaches to an email during offline mode, so they can upload them to the server when you come back online.

Comment 1 Eric Seidel (no email) 2009-05-20 00:44:15 PDT

Alexey suggests that it also makes sense to be able to fetch files out of a Database as some sort of data: url.  So you can store images in the Database and display them later.  I think that's most easily answered by adding some sort of File::toDataURL() function (which probably should take an encoding).  I'll file that as a separate bug.

Comment 2 Anne van Kesteren 2023-08-23 07:43:30 PDT

This bug has clearly been overtaken by events.