JS module can't find a file on Knack

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Hi, this is a code snippet from a JS program I am working on for Knack. Customers upload a single csv or xls to us and stores it in a knack table. The file is then parsed, and the output used. I looked everywhere for info on this and found nothing, so I’m questioning if it can be done. I’m not looking for JS help, I just want to know if there is a way to determine if there is an address I can type in to access the data directly? Thanks.

async function runAnalysisAndSave() {
// Replace this with the path to your CSV file
const csvFilePath = ‘./lbook_data.csv’; // Ensure this file exists in the same directory

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Hi @Dean1, as far as I know (and hope I’m interpreting your question correctly), you can only reference a file that has been selected via a file input.

This would be a major security flaw if you could auto-specify any location on a user’s computer to grab data from.

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Would a cloud based file resolve this - for example a google sheet with shared permission? So JS uses a location URL that is stored in knack to be used as a JS variable, rather than a file itself, and processes the data from that secure shared location?