Is it possible to create a client-side workspace-based app in Angular2?

Question

I wish to create a client-side only app in Angular2 where the user is prompted to select a folder on his hard-disk as a workspace, meaning that files will be written by the app inside that folder. I want to know how that can be achieved or if it is even possible. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

No.

JavaScript, running in a web browser, outside of a browser extension, cannot write to the user's file system.

It can only read from files explicitly selected using a file input.

The closest you'll come to an exception is for internal browser storage areas such as localStorage.

Answer 2

TL;DR no.

But you can use File and Directory Entries API which works only in Chrome and Firefox and is non standard.

And I do not recomend it to use this, same as the documentation says:

This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.