ui/component/fileDrop/view.jsx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
 
 type Props = {
   modal: { id: string, modalProps: {} },
-  filePath: string | File,
+  filePath: File,
   clearPublish: () => void,
   updatePublishForm: ({}) => void,
   openModal: (id: string, { files: Array<File> }) => void,

ui/component/postEditor/view.jsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ type Props = {
   uri: ?string,
   label: ?string,
   disabled: ?boolean,
-  filePath: string | File,
+  filePath: File,
   fileText: ?string,
   fileMimeType: ?string,
   streamingUrl: ?string,

ui/component/publishFile/view.jsx

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Props = {
   mode: ?string,
   name: ?string,
   title: ?string,
-  filePath: string | File,
+  filePath: ?File,
   fileMimeType: ?string,
   isStillEditing: boolean,
   balance: number,
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (mode === PUBLISH_MODES.POST) {
       if (currentFileType !== 'text/markdown' && !isStillEditing) {
-        updatePublishForm({ filePath: '' });
+        updatePublishForm({ filePath: undefined });
       }
     }
   }, [currentFileType, mode, isStillEditing, updatePublishForm]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!filePath || filePath === '') {
+    if (!filePath) {
       setCurrentFile('');
       updateFileInfo(0, 0, false);
-    } else if (typeof filePath !== 'string') {
+    } else {
       // Update currentFile file
       if (filePath.name !== currentFile) {
         handleFileChange({ file: filePath, path: filePath.name });
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
     // select file, start to select a new one, then cancel
     if (!fileWithPath) {
       if (isStillEditing || !clearName) {
-        updatePublishForm({ filePath: '' });
+        updatePublishForm({ filePath: undefined });
       } else {
-        updatePublishForm({ filePath: '', name: '' });
+        updatePublishForm({ filePath: undefined, name: '' });
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -271,10 +271,8 @@ function PublishFile(props: Props) {
       setPublishMode(PUBLISH_MODES.FILE);
     }
 
-    const publishFormParams: { filePath: string | File, name?: string, optimize?: boolean } = {
-      // if electron, we'll set filePath to the path string because SDK is handling publishing.
-      // File.path will be undefined from web due to browser security, so it will default to the File Object.
-      filePath: fileWithPath.path || file,
+    const publishFormParams: { filePath: File, name?: string, optimize?: boolean } = {
+      filePath: file,
     };
     // Strip off extention and replace invalid characters
     let fileName = name || (file.name && file.name.substring(0, file.name.lastIndexOf('.'))) || '';

ui/component/publishForm/view.jsx

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ import tempy from 'tempy';
 type Props = {
   disabled: boolean,
   tags: Array<Tag>,
-  publish: (source?: string | File, ?boolean) => void,
-  filePath: string | File,
+  publish: (source: ?File, ?boolean) => void,
+  filePath: ?File,
   fileText: string,
   bid: ?number,
   bidError: ?string,
@@ -373,9 +373,6 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
     if (!output || output === '') {
       // Generate a temporary file:
       output = tempy.file({ name: 'post.md' });
-    } else if (typeof filePath === 'string') {
-      // Use current file
-      output = filePath;
     }
     // Create a temporary file and save file changes
     if (output && output !== '') {
@@ -447,7 +444,7 @@ function PublishForm(props: Props) {
   // with other properties such as name, title, etc.) for security reasons.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (mode === PUBLISH_MODES.FILE) {
-      updatePublishForm({ filePath: '', fileDur: 0, fileSize: 0 });
+      updatePublishForm({ filePath: undefined, fileDur: 0, fileSize: 0 });
     }
   }, [mode, updatePublishForm]);
 

ui/modal/modalPublishPreview/view.jsx

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
 import { NO_FILE } from 'redux/actions/publish';
 
 type Props = {
-  filePath: string | File,
+  filePath: ?File,
   isMarkdownPost: boolean,
   optimize: boolean,
   title: ?string,
@@ -104,17 +104,12 @@ const ModalPublishPreview = (props: Props) => {
     // @endif
   }
 
-  function getFilePathName(filePath: string | File) {
+  function getFilePathName(filePath: ?File) {
     if (!filePath) {
       return NO_FILE;
     }
-
-    if (typeof filePath === 'string') {
-      return filePath;
-    } else {
     return filePath.name;
   }
-  }
 
   function createRow(label: string, value: any) {
     return (
@@ -127,7 +122,7 @@ const ModalPublishPreview = (props: Props) => {
 
   const txFee = previewResponse ? previewResponse['total_fee'] : null;
   //   $FlowFixMe add outputs[0] etc to PublishResponse type
-  const isOptimizeAvail = filePath && filePath !== '' && isVid && ffmpegStatus.available;
+  const isOptimizeAvail = filePath && isVid && ffmpegStatus.available;
   let modalTitle;
   if (isStillEditing) {
     modalTitle = __('Confirm Edit');

ui/redux/actions/publish.js

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import Lbry from 'lbry';
 import { isClaimNsfw } from 'util/claim';
 
 export const NO_FILE = '---';
-export const doPublishDesktop = (filePath: string, preview?: boolean) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: () => {}) => {
+export const doPublishDesktop = (filePath: ?File, preview?: boolean) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: () => {}) => {
   const publishPreview = (previewResponse) => {
     dispatch(
       doOpenModal(MODALS.PUBLISH_PREVIEW, {
@@ -138,14 +138,9 @@ export const doUpdatePublishForm = (publishFormValue: UpdatePublishFormData) =>
     data: { ...publishFormValue },
   });
 
-export const doUploadThumbnail = (
-  filePath?: string,
-  thumbnailBlob?: File,
-  fsAdapter?: any,
-  fs?: any,
-  path?: any,
-  cb?: (string) => void
-) => (dispatch: Dispatch) => {
+export const doUploadThumbnail =
+  (filePath?: string, thumbnailBlob?: File, fsAdapter?: any, fs?: any, path?: any, cb?: (string) => void) =>
+  (dispatch: Dispatch) => {
     const downMessage = __('Thumbnail upload service may be down, try again later.');
     let thumbnail, fileExt, fileName, fileType;
 
@@ -251,11 +246,10 @@ export const doUploadThumbnail = (
       data.append('file', file);
       return doUpload(data);
     }
-};
+  };
 
-export const doPrepareEdit = (claim: StreamClaim, uri: string, fileInfo: FileListItem, fs: any) => (
-  dispatch: Dispatch
-) => {
+export const doPrepareEdit =
+  (claim: StreamClaim, uri: string, fileInfo: FileListItem, fs: any) => (dispatch: Dispatch) => {
     const { name, amount, value = {} } = claim;
     const channelName = (claim && claim.signing_channel && claim.signing_channel.name) || null;
     const {
@@ -315,12 +309,10 @@ export const doPrepareEdit = (claim: StreamClaim, uri: string, fileInfo: FileLis
     }
 
     dispatch({ type: ACTIONS.DO_PREPARE_EDIT, data: publishData });
-};
+  };
 
-export const doPublish = (success: Function, fail: Function, preview: Function) => (
-  dispatch: Dispatch,
-  getState: () => {}
-) => {
+export const doPublish =
+  (success: Function, fail: Function, preview: Function) => (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: () => {}) => {
     if (!preview) {
       dispatch({ type: ACTIONS.PUBLISH_START });
     }
@@ -466,7 +458,7 @@ export const doPublish = (success: Function, fail: Function, preview: Function)
     return Lbry.publish(publishPayload).then((response: PublishResponse) => {
       return success(response);
     }, fail);
-};
+  };
 
 // Calls file_list until any reflecting files are done
 export const doCheckReflectingFiles = () => (dispatch: Dispatch, getState: GetState) => {