Blob

Blob utilities for WordPress.

Installation

Install the module

npm install @wordpress/blob --save

API

createBlobURL

Create a blob URL from a file.

Parameters

• file File: The file to create a blob URL for.

Returns

• string: The blob URL.

downloadBlob

Downloads a file, e.g., a text or readable stream, in the browser. Appropriate for downloading smaller file sizes, e.g., < 5 MB.

Example usage:

const fileContent = JSON.stringify(
	{
		title: 'My Post',
	},
	null,
	2
);
const filename = 'file.json';

downloadBlob( filename, fileContent, 'application/json' );

Parameters

• filename string: File name.
• content BlobPart: File content (BufferSource | Blob | string).
• contentType string: (Optional) File mime type. Default is ''.

getBlobByURL

Retrieve a file based on a blob URL. The file must have been created by createBlobURL and not removed by revokeBlobURL, otherwise it will return undefined.

Parameters

• url string: The blob URL.

Returns

• File | undefined: The file for the blob URL.

getBlobTypeByURL

Retrieve a blob type based on URL. The file must have been created by createBlobURL and not removed by revokeBlobURL, otherwise it will return undefined.

Parameters

• url string: The blob URL.

Returns

• string | undefined: The blob type.

isBlobURL

Check whether a url is a blob url.

Parameters

• url string | undefined: The URL.

Returns

• boolean: Is the url a blob url?

revokeBlobURL

Remove the resource and file cache from memory.

Parameters

• url string: The blob URL.

Contributing to this package

This is an individual package that's part of the Gutenberg project. The project is organized as a monorepo. It's made up of multiple self-contained software packages, each with a specific purpose. The packages in this monorepo are published to npm and used by WordPress as well as other software projects.

To find out more about contributing to this package or Gutenberg as a whole, please read the project's main contributor guide.