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haider197
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7 years ago
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read choosed file cotent

i'm using dropbox chooser , it works well for me , but i want to read the choosed file cotent and put it in a textarea , i'm using the piece of code  $.get(files[0].link, function (data) { console....
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    7 years ago
    Hey haider197, I moved your post here, where some like-minded users will have some ideas to share with you. 
     
    In the meantime, could you also send us a screenshot (without any personal info) of the behavior you’re experiencing so as to have a better visual understanding?
     
    Thanks in advance! :grin:
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

It sounds like you're using the Dropbox Chooser with a "direct" link type to access the file data for the chosen file. 

I see that you already have the Chooser part working, and you're able to retrieve the file data from the returned link. What you do with the data from there is up to you, but note that the Dropbox link will just return the raw data for the chosen file. 

In this case, that will be the raw .docx file data. The .docx file format isn't plain text though, so it won't be directly human readable. You may need to use some third party library for reading the docx format and getting out whatever information you're looking for. 

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