I think this is the case of a security feature rather than a module bug.

The input="file" form element in the HTML DOM is read-only from any script. In short, it can be filled out or entered only by a live user, not by a script.

This same issue came up 3 nights ago in another question about using a script for automatic uploading using the contents of a cookie.

Ovid's answer explained that "If you could just supply the filename in a cookie, this would be a major security hole because you could silently upload files without the user's consent." I spent some time trying to find a work-around, but finally concluded that, for good security reasons, there is none, especially when the type="file" form element is read-only from a script. So no script nor module can do what you are proposing, but this is a feature, not a bug.

Live in the moment.

In reply to Re: Is this a bug in HTML::Form::Input or am I doing something wrong? by Speedy
in thread Is this a bug in HTML::Form::Input or am I doing something wrong? by Pug

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