Also, I was simply pointing out existing behavior, not arguing for/against the
zip file format.
Dave
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From: Sam Weinig <[email protected]>
To: David Kilzer <[email protected]>
Cc: John Gregg <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Adele
Peterson <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 11:28:11 AM
Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Directory upload experimental feature
I think this is only true for Mac OS X style bundles, not all folders.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:44 AM, David Kilzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Other alternatives?
>
>
>I believe Safari will zip a folder and send it as a single file for you if you
>attach a folder to a file upload element instead of an individual file.
>
>
>Dave
>
>
>
>
>
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From: John Gregg <[email protected]>
>To: Sam Weinig <[email protected]>
>Cc: [email protected]
>Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 3:09:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Directory upload experimental feature
>
>
>>My proposal for that is that all the files would be listed in the form
>>submission the same way as if it were a <input type="file" multiple>, but in
>>the Content-Disposition header, the filename component would contain the path
>>information.
>>
>
>One alternative idea would be add a "path" component to the
>Content-Disposition header alongside the filename which remains unchanged, but
>I think that would be a much more difficult approach. Other alternatives?
>
>
>Example follows.
>
>
> -John
>
>
>
>If you are have these files
>/home/John/photos/vacation/1.jpeg
>/home/John/photos/vacation/2.jpeg
>>
>/home/John/photos/conference/1.jpeg
>
>
>and choose "photos" from the directory picker, you'd end up with
>input.files[0].name = "1.jpeg"
>input.files[0].path = "photos/vacation/1.jpeg"
>input.files[1].name = "2.jpeg"
>input.files[1].path = "photos/vacation/2.jpeg"
>input.files[2].name = "1.jpeg"
>input.files[2].path = "photos/conference/1.jpeg"
>
>
>Your POST would look like
>Content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryFoo
>
>
>----WebKitFormBoundaryFoo
>Content-Disposition: form-data; name="input"; filename="photos/vacation/1.jpeg"
>Content-Type: image/jpeg
>
>
><contents>
>
>
>----WebKitFormBoundaryFoo
>Content-Disposition: form-data; name="input"; filename="photos/vacation/2.jpeg"
>Content-Type: image/jpeg
>
>
><contents>
>
>
>----WebKitFormBoundaryFoo
>Content-Disposition: form-data; name="input";
>filename="photos/conference/1.jpeg"
>Content-Type: image/jpeg
>
>
><contents>
>
>
>
>
>On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Sam Weinig <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>How will the directory structure and all the files therein be represented in
>the form submission?
>>
>>
>>-Sam
>>
>>
>>On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:17 PM, John Gregg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>Hi WebKit,
>>>
>>>
>>>I recently proposed adding directory upload support to HTML via a new
>>><input> attribute to whatwg@, and the discussion arrived at "try it out".
>>>Having written some code I think I have something that works pretty well,
>>>and I'd like to land it on an experimental basis in WebKit, but want to
>>>reach out early before trying to put any code in the tree. The plan that
>>>comes to mind is a new ENABLE_DIRECTORY_UPLOAD flag, but I'm completely open
>>>to other options.
>>>
>>>
>>>Background (cf. the whatwg thread
>>>http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-April/025764.html):
>>> - The use case for this is a photo album or file manager web application,
>>> which wants the user to easily choose an entire directory to recursively
>>> upload, while preserving the sub-directory structure.
>>> - The reason for the new attribute is to signal the UA to show a native
>>> folder-picker rather than a file-picker, which on most OSs are two distinct
>>> dialogs.
>>>
>>>The approach I'm using has 2 parts and is a small amount of WebCore code
>>>(about 200 lines).
>>> - Extend HTMLInputElement to support the directory attribute, which is
>>> passed up via FileChooser allowing the UA to display a folder-picker. UA
>>> enumerates all the files and returns them in the normal way.
>>> - Extend File to have a File.path property, which contains the path
>>> information starting from the chosen directory as the root.
>>> HTMLInputElement is responsible for generating these values from the list
>>> of files when the directory attribute is set.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>> -John
>>>
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