How to read the directory folders name and size in angular 4 using typescript

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How to read the directory Folders name and size in Angular 4 using Typescript

What I have tried:

listFiles('C:\Users\nawab_ahmad\Downloads\get-folder-size-master')
.then(files => {
  console.log(files.entries)
    // do what ever you want with the file paths
});

Posted 30-May-18 23:34pm

Nawab Ahmad

Updated 31-May-18 5:42am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2018-05-31T05:43:00

You can't.

Code running in a web page does not have access to the user's file system. You can only access files which the user explicitly gives you access to, either by selecting them in an <input type="file">, or by dragging them into your page.

Using files from web applications - Web APIs | MDN[^]

And no, before you ask, there is no way around that. If there was, it would be a major security vulnerability.

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