How to get full file path in form upload field using jQuery?

Question

I need to get the full upload path in a file upload field. I attached a change lister to the upload field, when a file is selected I alert the file path and I get just the file name. Not the full file path as it appears in the form field. For example instead of this:

C:\Users\Toshiba\Desktop\me.jpg

I get

me.jpg

the code:

    $('input[type="file"]').change(function() {
        var fileLocation = $(this).val();
        alert(fileLocation);
    });

How to get the full file path?

Ariel · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-05 02:27:36Z

1

You can't.

You could possibly write a flash or java app to do it, but you can't in javascript.

answered Aug 5, 2011 at 2:27

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Bob the Builder Over a year ago

hmm, but the file path is right there displayed inside the file upload field. I'm not asking to get the path directly by forming a link with the computer, just to grab that piece of text that's already there in the upload field. Is there really no other way?

jerjer Over a year ago

that is a security restriction of the browser, you cannot get the full path of the file.

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