The createObjectURL() method creates a DOMString containing a URL representing the object given in the parameter of the method. The new object URL represents the specified File object or Blob object.
Note: The URL lifetime is tied to the document in which it was created.
Syntax:
const url = URL.createObjectURL(object);
Parameters:
- object: A File, image, or any other MediaSource object for which object URL is to be created.
Return value: A DOMString containing an object URL of that object.
Example: In this example, we will create an object URL for the image object using this method.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>URL.createObjectURL example</title></head><body> <h1>neveropen</h1> <input type="file"> <img> <p class="p">The URL of this image is : </p></body><script> var Element = document.querySelector('input'); var img = document.querySelector('img'); Element.addEventListener('change', function() { var url = URL.createObjectURL(Element.files[0]); img.src = url; console.log(url); var d=document.querySelector(".p"); d.textContent+=url;});</script></html> |
Output: we will select an image from local storage and then the URL of that object will be created.
Before Choosing Image:
After Choosing Image:
Checking the created URL in a new tab:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 19
- Edge 12
- Firefox 19
- Internet Explorer 10
- Safari 6
- Opera 15
