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Asked: 2026-05-26T13:44:26+00:00

As far as I think the answer should be no for this question, how

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As far as I think the answer should be no for this question, how ever would like to check if we have any work around.

“I have a client side search box (Text box) and can I check for the text, that the user entered inside the textbox, in the files (HTML) reside in server side (Lets be specific – inside a particular folder I have 5 HTML files), using javascript (Without using any server side coding !!)”.

As far as my knowledge for the security reason we cant use java script to access file system in client side. However here it is server side, can that be done?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re correct. JavaScript cannot access the file system under any circumstances. This would be a HUGE security risk because JS runs, in may cases, without the users consent.

    If you would like to fetch data from a file on the server with JavaScript, have your JS use AJAX to ask the server for information.

    AJAX Resources

    http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

    http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/ajax_intro.asp

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