File System Examples

This example shows how to read a file from the local file system and display its contents

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import asyncio from js import document, FileReader from pyodide import create_proxy async def process_file(event): fileList = event.target.files.to_py() for f in fileList: data = await f.text() document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = data def main(): # Create a Python proxy for the callback function # process_file() is your function to process events from FileReader file_event = create_proxy(process_file) # Set the listener to the callback e = document.getElementById("myfile") e.addEventListener("change", file_event, False) main()