javascript read local file code example

Example 1: read file javascript

// As with JSON, use the Fetch API & ES6
fetch('something.txt')
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(data => {
  	// Do something with your data
  	console.log(data);
  });

Example 2: how to load localt ext file in js

const fileUrl = '' // provide file location

fetch(fileUrl)
   .then( r => r.text() )
   .then( t => console.log(t) )

Example 3: html get text from file

<embed src="file.txt"> // This will show the text contained in file.txt in the page

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