How to read local text file in JavaScript automatically

Asked Jul 03 '17 at 08:37

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I've been searching on the Internet to find a way to read local text file in JavaScript automatically.

However, I only found that most of the way is to creating an input type="file" and choose the text file manually from the computer.

Since I want to read a number of data from a local text file(.txt) automatically whenever I reload the website, so that I could perform some searching of data in my website.

Is that any way that I can read local txt file automatically with JavaScript?

edited Jul 03 '17 at 08:40

asked Jul 03 '17 at 08:37

Anson

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The browsers won't allow this - it's a security risk. Imagine a browser reading files at whim off your PC - sooner or later it's going to hit a file of passwords, or credit card numbers, or... – James Thorpe Jul 03 '17 at 08:38
... your "pron" collection. Instead why not fetch the file when needed from a server? – evolutionxbox Jul 03 '17 at 08:41
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Store your data in local storage or cookies instead of in a file if you need to refer to it later. – rawel Jul 03 '17 at 08:42
Marked as a duplicate of a question marked as a duplicate :) – Jeremy Thille Jul 03 '17 at 08:56

How to read local text file in JavaScript automatically

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