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useFileSystemAccess

Create and read and write local files with FileSystemAccessAPI

Usage

import { useFileSystemAccess } from '@vueuse/core';

const {
  isSupported,
  data,
  file,
  fileName,
  fileMIME,
  fileSize,
  fileLastModified,
  create,
  open,
  save,
  saveAs,
  updateData,
} = useFileSystemAccess();

Type Declarations

/**
 * window.showOpenFilePicker parameters
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window/showOpenFilePicker#parameters
 */
export interface FileSystemAccessShowOpenFileOptions {
  multiple?: boolean;
  types?: Array<{
    description?: string;
    accept: Record<string, string[]>;
  }>;
  excludeAcceptAllOption?: boolean;
}
/**
 * window.showSaveFilePicker parameters
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window/showSaveFilePicker#parameters
 */
export interface FileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions {
  suggestedName?: string;
  types?: Array<{
    description?: string;
    accept: Record<string, string[]>;
  }>;
  excludeAcceptAllOption?: boolean;
}
/**
 * FileHandle
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemFileHandle
 */
export interface FileSystemFileHandle {
  getFile: () => Promise<File>;
  createWritable: () => FileSystemWritableFileStream;
}
/**
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream
 */
interface FileSystemWritableFileStream extends WritableStream {
  /**
   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/write
   */
  write: FileSystemWritableFileStreamWrite;
  /**
   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/seek
   */
  seek: (position: number) => Promise<void>;
  /**
   * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/truncate
   */
  truncate: (size: number) => Promise<void>;
}
/**
 * FileStream.write
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/write
 */
interface FileSystemWritableFileStreamWrite {
  (data: string | BufferSource | Blob): Promise<void>;
  (options: { type: 'write'; position: number; data: string | BufferSource | Blob }): Promise<void>;
  (options: { type: 'seek'; position: number }): Promise<void>;
  (options: { type: 'truncate'; size: number }): Promise<void>;
}
/**
 * FileStream.write
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemWritableFileStream/write
 */
export type FileSystemAccessWindow = Window & {
  showSaveFilePicker: (
    options: FileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions,
  ) => Promise<FileSystemFileHandle>;
  showOpenFilePicker: (
    options: FileSystemAccessShowOpenFileOptions,
  ) => Promise<FileSystemFileHandle[]>;
};
export type UseFileSystemAccessCommonOptions = Pick<
  FileSystemAccessShowOpenFileOptions,
  'types' | 'excludeAcceptAllOption'
>;
export type UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions = Pick<
  FileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions,
  'suggestedName'
>;
export type UseFileSystemAccessOptions = ConfigurableWindow &
  UseFileSystemAccessCommonOptions & {
    /**
     * file data type
     */
    dataType?: MaybeRefOrGetter<'Text' | 'ArrayBuffer' | 'Blob'>;
  };
/**
 * Create and read and write local files.
 * @see https://vueuse.org/useFileSystemAccess
 */
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<
  string | ArrayBuffer | Blob
>;
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions & {
    dataType: 'Text';
  },
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<string>;
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions & {
    dataType: 'ArrayBuffer';
  },
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<ArrayBuffer>;
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions & {
    dataType: 'Blob';
  },
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<Blob>;
export declare function useFileSystemAccess(
  options: UseFileSystemAccessOptions,
): UseFileSystemAccessReturn<string | ArrayBuffer | Blob>;
export interface UseFileSystemAccessReturn<T = string> {
  isSupported: ComputedRef<boolean>;
  data: ShallowRef<T | undefined>;
  file: ShallowRef<File | undefined>;
  fileName: ComputedRef<string>;
  fileMIME: ComputedRef<string>;
  fileSize: ComputedRef<number>;
  fileLastModified: ComputedRef<number>;
  open: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessCommonOptions) => Awaitable<void>;
  create: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions) => Awaitable<void>;
  save: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions) => Awaitable<void>;
  saveAs: (_options?: UseFileSystemAccessShowSaveFileOptions) => Awaitable<void>;
  updateData: () => Awaitable<void>;
}