Okay, well, following @adeneo’s advice I tested this
$('#test').on('change', function(e) {
var newImg = document.createElement("img");
var url = URL.createObjectURL( e.target.files[0] )
console.log(url);
newImg.src = url;
URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
document.body.appendChild(newImg);
console.log(url);
});
$('#test3').on('change', function(e) {
var newImg = document.createElement("img");
var url = URL.createObjectURL( e.target.files[0] )
console.log(url);
newImg.src = url;
newImg.onload = function() {
URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
document.body.appendChild(newImg);
var i = new Image();
i.src= newImg.src;
document.body.appendChild(i);
setTimeout(function() {
var g = new Image();
g.src = newImg.src;
document.body.appendChild(g);
}, 3000);
}
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<p>test revoke before use</p>
<input type="file" id="test"/>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<p>test use revoke use</p>
<input type="file" id="test3" />
At least in Firefox, once URL.revokeObjectURL
is called the URL can no longer be used, even though other things are accessing it.
So both #1 and #2 in the question fail and, even though in #2 newImg.src
still has the URL that URL won’t work anywhere else once URL.revokeObjectURL
has been called.