FileReaderSync: readAsDataURL() method
Note:This feature is only available inWeb Workers,except forService Workers.
ThereadAsDataURL()method of theFileReaderSyncinterface allows to readFileorBlobobjects in a synchronous way into a string representing a data URL. This interface isonly availableinworkersas it enables synchronous I/O that could potentially block.
Syntax
readAsDataURL(blob)
Parameters
Return value
A string representing the input data as a data URL.
Exceptions
The following exceptions can be raised by this method:
NotFoundErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the resource represented by the DOM
FileorBlobcannot be found, e.g. because it has been erased. SecurityErrorDOMException-
Thrown if one of the following problematic situation is detected:
- the resource has been modified by a third party;
- too many read are performed simultaneously;
- the file pointed by the resource is unsafe for a use from the Web (like it is a system file).
NotReadableErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the resource cannot be read due to a permission problem, like a concurrent lock.
EncodingErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the resource is a data URL and exceed the limit length defined by each browser.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| File API #readAsDataURLSync-section |
Browser compatibility
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