expo-file-system
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Provides access to the local file system on the device.
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export declare class Directory {
/**
* Creates an instance of a directory.
* @param uris - An array of: `file:///` string URIs, `File` instances, `Directory` instances representing an arbitrary location on the file system. The location does not need to exist, or it may already contain a file.
* @example
* ```ts
* const directory = new Directory("file:///path/to/directory");
* ```
*/
constructor(...uris: (string | File | Directory)[]);
/**
* Represents the directory URI. The field is read-only, but it may change as a result of calling some methods such as `move`.
*/
readonly uri: string;
/**
* Validates a directory path.
* @hidden This method is not meant to be used directly. It is called by the JS constructor.
*/
validatePath(): void;
/**
* Deletes a directory. Also deletes all files and directories inside the directory.
*
* @throws Error if the directory does not exist or cannot be deleted.
*/
delete(): void;
/**
* A boolean representing if a directory exists. `true` if the directory exists, `false` otherwise.
* Also `false` if the application does not have read access to the file.
*/
exists: boolean;
/**
* Creates a directory that the current uri points to.
*
* @throws Error if the containing folder doesn't exist, the application has no read access to it or the directory (or a file with the same path) already exists.
*/
create(): void;
/**
* Copies a directory.
*/
copy(destination: Directory | File): void;
/**
* Moves a directory. Updates the `uri` property that now points to the new location.
*/
move(destination: Directory | File): void;
/**
* @hidden
* Lists the contents of a directory. Should not be used directly, as it returns a list of paths.
* This function is internal and will be removed in the future (when returning arrays of shared objects is supported).
*/
listAsRecords(): { isDirectory: string; path: string }[];
/**
* Lists the contents of a directory.
*/
list(): (Directory | File)[];
}
/**
* Represents a file on the file system.
*/
export declare class File {
/**
* Creates an instance of File.
*
* @param uri - A `file:///` URI representing an arbitrary location on the file system. The location does not need to exist, or it may already contain a directory.
*/
constructor(...uris: (string | File | Directory)[]);
/**
* Represents the file URI. The field is read-only, but it may change as a result of calling some methods such as `move`.
*/
readonly uri: string;
/**
* Validates a directory path.
* @hidden This method is not meant to be used directly. It is called by the JS constructor.
*/
validatePath(): void;
/**
* Retrieves text from the file.
* @returns The contents of the file as string.
*/
text(): string;
/**
* Retrieves content of the file as base64.
* @returns The contents of the file as a base64 string.
*/
base64(): string;
/**
* Retrieves byte content of the entire file.
* @returns The contents of the file as a Uint8Array.
*/
bytes(): Uint8Array;
/**
* Writes content to the file.
* @param content - The content to write into the file.
*/
write(content: string | Uint8Array): void;
/**
* Deletes a file.
*
* @throws Error if the directory does not exist or cannot be deleted.
*/
delete(): void;
/**
* A boolean representing if a file exists. `true` if the file exists, `false` otherwise.
* Also `false` if the application does not have read access to the file.
*/
exists: boolean;
/**
* Creates a file.
*
* @throws Error if the containing folder doesn't exist, the application has no read access to it or the file (or directory with the same path) already exists.
*/
create(): void;
/**
* Copies a file.
*/
copy(destination: Directory | File): void;
/**
* Moves a directory. Updates the `uri` property that now points to the new location.
*/
move(destination: Directory | File): void;
/**
* Returns a FileHandle object that can be used to read and write data to the file.
* @throws Error if the file does not exist or cannot be opened.
*/
open(): FileHandle;
/**
* A static method that downloads a file from the network.
* @param url - The URL of the file to download.
* @param destination - The destination directory or file. If a directory is provided, the resulting filename will be determined based on the response headers.
* @returns A promise that resolves to the downloaded file.
* @example
* ```ts
* const file = await File.downloadFileAsync("https://example.com/image.png", new Directory(Paths.document));
* ```
*/
static downloadFileAsync(url: string, destination: Directory | File): Promise<File>;
/**
* A size of the file in bytes. Null if the file does not exist or it cannot be read.
*/
size: number | null;
/**
* An md5 hash of the file. Null if the file does not exist or it cannot be read.
*/
md5: string | null;
/**
* A mime type of the file. Null if the file does not exist or it cannot be read.
*/
type: string | null;
}
export declare class FileHandle {
/*
* Closes the file handle. This allows the file to be deleted, moved or read by a different process. Subsequent calls to `readBytes` or `writeBytes` will throw an error.
*/
close(): void;
/*
* Reads the specified amount of bytes from the file at the current offset.
* @param length - The number of bytes to read.
*/
readBytes(length: number): Uint8Array;
/*
* Writes the specified bytes to the file at the current offset.
* @param bytes - A Uint8Array array containing bytes to write.
*/
writeBytes(bytes: Uint8Array): void;
/*
* A property that indicates the current byte offset in the file. Calling `readBytes` or `writeBytes` will read or write a specified amount of bytes starting from this offset. The offset is incremented by the number of bytes read or written.
* The offset can be set to any value within the file size. If the offset is set to a value greater than the file size, the next write operation will append data to the end of the file.
* Null if the file handle is closed.
*/
offset: number | null;
/*
* A size of the file in bytes or `null` if the file handle is closed.
*/
size: number | null;
}