file-api.html

<title>File API</title>
<style>
#holder { border: 10px dashed #ccc; width: 300px; height: 300px; margin: 20px auto;}
#holder.hover { border: 10px dashed #333; }
</style>
<article>
  <div id="holder"></div> 
  <p id="status">File API &amp; FileReader API not supported</p>
  <p>Drag an image from your desktop on to the drop zone above to see the browser read the contents of the file and use it as the background - without uploading the file to any servers.</p>
</article>
<script>
var holder = document.getElementById('holder'),
    state = document.getElementById('status');

if (typeof window.FileReader === 'undefined') {
  state.className = 'fail';
} else {
  state.className = 'success';
  state.innerHTML = 'File API & FileReader available';
}
 
holder.ondragover = function () { this.className = 'hover'; return false; };
holder.ondragend = function () { this.className = ''; return false; };
holder.ondrop = function (e) {
  this.className = '';
  e.preventDefault();

  var file = e.dataTransfer.files[0],
      reader = new FileReader();
  reader.onload = function (event) {
    console.log(event.target);
    holder.style.background = 'url(' + event.target.result + ') no-repeat center';
  };
  console.log(file);
  reader.readAsDataURL(file);

  return false;
};
</script>