DeviceStorage.freeSpace()

This API is available on Firefox OS for privileged or certified applications only.

Summary

The freeSpace method is used to get the amount of free space usable by the storage area.

The request's result is a number representing the amount of free space expressed in Bytes.

Syntax

var instanceOfDOMRequest = instanceOfDeviceStorage.freeSpace();

Returns

It returns a DOMRequest object to handle the success or error of the operation.

Example

var sdcard = navigator.getDeviceStorage("sdcard");
var request = sdcard.freeSpace();
request.onsuccess = function () {
  // The result is expressed in bytes, let's turn it into Gigabytes
  var size = this.result / Math.pow(10,9);
  console.log("You have " + size.toFixed(2) + "GB of free space on your SDCard.");
}
request.onerror = function () {
  console.warn("Unable to get the free space available for the SDCard: " + this.error);
}

Specification

Not part of any specification.

See also

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