gecko-dev/dom/xhr/tests/browser_blobFromFile.js

add_task(async function test() {
  await SpecialPowers.pushPrefEnv({
    set: [["browser.tabs.remote.separateFileUriProcess", true]],
  });

  let fileData = "";
  for (var i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
    fileData += "hello world!";
  }

  let file = Services.dirsvc.get("ProfD", Ci.nsIFile);
  file.append("file.txt");
  file.createUnique(Ci.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0o600);

  let outStream = Cc[
    "@mozilla.org/network/file-output-stream;1"
  ].createInstance(Ci.nsIFileOutputStream);
  outStream.init(
    file,
    0x02 | 0x08 | 0x20, // write, create, truncate
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-octal
    0666,
    0
  );
  outStream.write(fileData, fileData.length);
  outStream.close();

  let fileHandler = Services.io
    .getProtocolHandler("file")
    .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIFileProtocolHandler);

  let fileURL = fileHandler.getURLSpecFromFile(file);

  info("Opening url: " + fileURL);
  let tab = BrowserTestUtils.addTab(gBrowser, fileURL);

  let browser = gBrowser.getBrowserForTab(tab);
  await BrowserTestUtils.browserLoaded(browser);

  let blob = await SpecialPowers.spawn(browser, [file.leafName], function(
    fileName
  ) {
    return new content.window.Promise(resolve => {
      let xhr = new content.window.XMLHttpRequest();
      xhr.responseType = "blob";
      xhr.open("GET", fileName);
      xhr.send();
      xhr.onload = function() {
        resolve(xhr.response);
      };
    });
  });

  ok(blob instanceof File, "We have a file");

  is(blob.size, file.fileSize, "The size matches");
  is(blob.name, file.leafName, "The name is correct");

  file.remove(false);

  gBrowser.removeTab(tab);
});