Question

I am using the following code snippet to read a file in javascript:

if(window.FileReader && filelist.length > 0) {
    var reader = new FileReader();
    reader.onload = reader.onloadend=function(event){
        self._ogrUpload(self, event);
    };
    reader.readAsText(filelist[i]);
    console.log(filelist[i]);
}

This works a treat in Chrome but not in Safari V6.0.

In Safari the upload appears to work but the function _orgUpload() is not called. So I replaced this with:

reader.onload = function(event) { alert("TEST");};

This did not work either. Does FileReader actually work in Safari 6.0? As I cannot see any errors thrown in the console.

Answer 1

Try this and see what kind of functions are supported

function checkFileApi(){
    var debuggers="<h4>browser supports following</h4>"
    if (window.File) debuggers+="Supports File api<br>"
    if (window.FileReader) debuggers+="Supports FileReader api<br>"
    if(window.FileList) debuggers+="Supports FileList api<br>"
    if(window.Blob) debuggers+="Supports Blob api<br>"

    console.log(debuggers)
}

checkFileApi()