import-export

Import and export functions

The importFile and exportFile let users import and export arbitrary data as files.

This script works in every story format.

Syntax

exportFile

exportFile(data, fileName, type, fileExtension)

• data : any data, non-primitives are run through JSON.stringify.
• fileName : the name of the resulting file.
• type (optional) : the file MIME type, text/plain by default.
• fileExtension (optional) : the file's extension, txt by default.

importFile

importFile(callbacks... , attrObject)

• callbacks : any number of callbacks that will be called on the imported data.
• attrObject (optional) : a plain object containing html attributes to apply to the <input type='file'> element. Only useful to supply accept and multiple attributes (read more).

For each imported file, the supplied callbacks are called with the following arguments:

• data : the resulting data, either a string or an object if JSON.parse was successful.
• index : the file's index in its FileList.
• file : the file as it was passed to the input element.