OpenSource library for Javascript

[roseli98]

Dear experts,I am trying to write Javascript in HTML to access a plain file. Can any of you please recommend open source library for javascript so it will save me time to do the job?Thank youRose

[roseli98]

Dear experts,I am trying to write Javascript in HTML to access a plain file. Can any of you please recommend open source library for javascript so it will save me time to do the job?Thank youRose

[davej]

Javascript in the browser can't access files. It is designed that way for security reasons. It is possible to have local storage, but not in ordinary files.Where is this file? Is it on the local machine with the browser or is it on the server? You can move the file to the server and then be able to access it using server-side code.

Edited January 14, 2014 by davej

[roseli98]

Thanks, Dave.The whole project is for internal testing only.The html/javascript could co-exist with the file that it's going to access.Will javascript work too? If using server side code, what will you recommend?Rgds,Rose

[justsomeguy]

If the file is on the same domain then you can send an ajax request to read the contents of it. That will be a normal request, as if you typed in the URL of the file yourself. You can also send a request to something like a PHP script which can read the file and return the data to Javascript.

[roseli98]

Thank you, Mr. J.

Edited January 14, 2014 by roseli98

[davej]

The html/javascript could co-exist with the file that it's going to access. Will javascript work too? If using server side code, what will you recommend?

 

 

This is a client-server situation. The client has a browser and the client-browser talks -- over the network -- to the server.

 

What do you want to do with the file?