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FileList

The FileList interface represents an object of this type returned by the files property of the HTML <input> element; this lets you access the list of files selected with the <input type="file"> element. It's also used for a list of files dropped into web content when using the drag and drop API; see the DataTransfer object for details on this usage.

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Indexable​

[index: number]: File

Methods​

[iterator]()​

iterator: ArrayIterator<File>;

Returns​

ArrayIterator<File>

item()​

item(index): File | null;

The item() method of the FileList interface returns a File object representing the file at the specified index in the file list.

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Parameters​

ParameterType
indexnumber

Returns​

File | null

Properties​

length​

readonly length: number;

The length read-only property of the FileList interface returns the number of files in the FileList.

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