{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/170","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/170/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/170/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/170/events","html_url":"https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/170","id":107342649,"number":170,"title":"Custom data type on input file","user":{"login":"tresdin","id":7781091,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7781091?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin","html_url":"https://github.com/tresdin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tresdin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2015-09-19T16:25:03Z","updated_at":"2015-09-21T05:49:20Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I think it would be nice for developers to be able to select the appropriate data type on input type=file.\r\n```\r\n<input type=\"file\" datatype=\"stream\">\r\n<input type=\"file\" datatype=\"blob\"> //Current data type. Default.\r\n<input type=\"file\" datatype=\"buffer\">\r\n<input type=\"file\" datatype=\"text\">\r\n```\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/comments/141881791","html_url":"https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/170#issuecomment-141881791","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/whatwg/html/issues/170","id":141881791,"user":{"login":"domenic","id":617481,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/617481?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic","html_url":"https://github.com/domenic","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/domenic/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-21T05:49:20Z","updated_at":"2015-09-21T05:49:20Z","body":"@annevk that's not how I read the OP's request. I read it as asking to change the JS-exposed value accessible through el.files."}}