Hi :wave: `FileInput` seems to return a fake path ...

# compose-web

[Jorge Castillo]

Hi 👋 FileInput seems to return a fake path when running a Kotlin web app using Compose for Web locally. What would be the way to go to get a real path and be able to render the image selected, for example? The fakepath is obviously not valid when used on an Img

[Oleksandr Karpovich [JB]]

here is what you’re looking for - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4459379/preview-an-image-before-it-is-uploaded

[Jorge Castillo]

Excuse me. Does this solve the fakepath issue? 🤔

[Jorge Castillo]

Right now, I am getting C:\fakepath\sample small.png as the path for an image called sample small.png. The window-ish fakepath is added by the browser, or Compose

[Oleksandr Karpovich [JB]]

not directly of course. the “fake path” is not really related to compose for web. It would be the same path for the plain html <input type=“file” … >

but the proposed approach - using URL.createObjectURL() can help convert the fake path into string reference for your file

[Jorge Castillo]

oh! I see

[Jorge Castillo]

works like a charm 👏 thanks!