{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/futurepress/epub.js/issues/380","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/futurepress/epub.js","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/futurepress/epub.js/issues/380/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/futurepress/epub.js/issues/380/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/futurepress/epub.js/issues/380/events","html_url":"https://github.com/futurepress/epub.js/issues/380","id":131625514,"number":380,"title":"is that possible to read a local epub file and render it to the browser? ","user":{"login":"hz0324","id":5040078,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5040078?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324","html_url":"https://github.com/hz0324","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hz0324/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-02-05T11:58:56Z","updated_at":"2016-02-05T11:58:56Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I would like to build a web app that allows user to select a** local epub file **and read it right away.\r\nI have tried a lot of method to do it, but all failed.\r\nIn this article [,](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Using_files_from_web_applications) the author described a way reading local files and show it on the browser. At the end of the article, he said it is possible to display a local PDF file and Video file.\r\n\r\nI guess it is also possible to do it with EPUB files. But I cannot figure out how. So is this possible to do it right now? If not, please let me know what can be done to make it happen. I am more than happy to help here.\r\n\r\nThanks. "}}