Manipulating the local file system with browser-based JavaScript and Node

Question

I am making a project that needs to allow users to interact with the file system from a browser. I have a lot of experience writing client-side JavaScript, and I have a lot

Answer 1

You cannot do this purely in Javascript. Javascript running on browsers does not have enough permission yet (there have been proposals) due to security reasons.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_and_Directory_Entries_API/Introduction#restrictions

Because the file system is sandboxed, a web app cannot access another app's files. You also cannot read or write files to an arbitrary folder (for example, My Pictures and My Documents) on the user's hard drive.