web-fs

Node's fs interface for Web File System API and Chrome Packaged Apps.

Based on johnnyscript's nota-bene but allows specifying root entry.

Install via npm

$ npm install web-fs

Use with browserify!

API

var WebFS = require('web-fs')

var fs = WebFS(entry)

Create an instance of WebFS with a root directory specified by entry (DirectoryEntry).

Web File System API example:

var fs = null
navigator.webkitPersistentStorage.requestQuota(1024*1024, function(grantedBytes) {
  window.webkitRequestFileSystem(PERSISTENT, grantedBytes, function(result){
    fs = WebFS(result.root)
  })
})

Chrome Packaged App File System example:

var fs = null
 
// browse for root directory
chrome.fileSystem.chooseEntry({type: 'openDirectory'}, function(entry){
  fs = WebFS(entry)
})

Instance methods

• fs.close
• fs.createReadStream
• fs.createWriteStream
• fs.exists
• fs.mkdir
• fs.open
• fs.readFile
• fs.read
• fs.readdir
• fs.rename
• fs.rmdir
• fs.stat
• fs.truncate
• fs.unlink
• fs.writeFile
• fs.write
• fs.watchFile
• fs.unwatchFile
• fs.watch