# Directory Sharing in a Web-Based RDP Client Using the File System Access API

DevFeed: [Directory Sharing in a Web-Based RDP Client Using the File System Access API](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/directory-sharing-in-a-web-based-rdp-client-using-the-file-system-access-api-29630.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/directory-sharing/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Isaiah Becker-Mayer)

Published: 2022-09-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [implement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implement.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [rdp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rdp.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how directory sharing works in a web-based RDP client using the File System Access API. It introduces the RDPDR virtual channel, describes the client-server message flow for accessing files, and discusses how shared-directory functionality is implemented.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to implement RDP directory sharing using the File System Access API.