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How can I open a file that is stored on my hard drive without using a local server or something like that in JavaScript? I am not taking about something like a HTML input where the user selects a file to be opened. I have seen this answer that looks promising but doesn't work: How to read a local text file?

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  • I don't think it is possible unless the user actually uploads something using the input element as you said. I mean it would be quite bad if you enter a website and all of a sudden without you uploading anything the script on the website crawls around your file system and stuff... – Ali Beyit May 23 '20 at 16:21
  • thare is a non-standard API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_and_Directory_Entries_API or you can use a `node.js` where you are not limited by browser' security reasons – roomcayz May 23 '20 at 16:23

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