Can someone show me an example how to do file uplo...

# webassembly

[Stefan Oltmann]

Can someone show me an example how to do file uploads in Compose for Web WASM? I learned in #compose-web that I will need js-interop, but I have no experience with web development.

I want users to select (or drag and drop) a file on disk and get that file content as a ByteArray.

[Robert Jaros]

You would need to place an html <input type='file'> element somewhere on the page. I'm not sure how to do this in canvas-based compose.

[Robert Jaros]

Perhaps by some direct DOM manipulation, you could create a floating div with an input element.

[Robert Jaros]

Having the element on the page you can access its files property and then use a function like this to get base64-encoded file content:
https://github.com/rjaros/kilua/blob/main/kilua/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/kilua/utils/File.kt#L34-L43

[bashor]

@Stefan Oltmann you can look at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_API/Using_files_from_web_applications