Getting the file type of a zip file in input file

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I am trying to catch a file on a `input[type=file]` change event : Here is my HTML : ``` <input type="file" id="file-upload" name="file-upload"> ``` Here is my JavaScript (using jQuery) : ``` $('#file-upload').bind("change", function(e){ var file = (e.srcElement || e.target).files[0]; console.log(e); } ``` It works fully fine with images, txt, doc, docx, xlsx etc etc etc BUT NOT with zip files. When I try it with a zip file, the var file contains a type attributes empty. Do you have an idea why and how i could get it? EDIT 1 I use Chrome Browser, in Windows 7. My files are zipped with 7zip. EDIT 2 here is what I get :

Accepted Answer

Your code works.

I tried enapupe's fiddle and it works http://jsfiddle.net/rvd6T/

```
$('#file-upload').bind("change", function(e){
var file = (e.srcElement || e.target).files[0];
console.log(file);
console.log(e);
});
```

My console log

You should be be aware that the types will vary.

sometimes it would be type: "application/x-zip-compressed" or "application/zip"

You most likely should just base it on the filename instead, *.zip (ends with zip & case insensitive)

but still must check it on server side if its actually a ZIP file and unzipable

Getting the file type of a zip file in input file

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