Web Share API

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• Spec: https://wicg.github.io/web-share/
• Explainer: https://github.com/WICG/web-share/blob/master/docs/explainer.md
• TAG design review: Web Share API w3ctag/design-reviews#170

Enables a site to share data (text, URLs, images, etc) to an arbitrary destination of the user's choice. It could be a system service, a native app or another website. The goal is to enable web developers to build a generic "share" button that the user can click to trigger a system share dialog.

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It’s supported in Safari Technology Preview and Chrome (on Android)

[ylafon]

See w3ctag/design-reviews#179 (The TAG did also review Web Share Target API).

[ylafon]

At this is now a FPWD from Web Apps WG (see https://www.w3.org/TR/2019/WD-web-share-20191217/ ), this can be closed.