Import without trusting the file name
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A fictional local reading-list app with versioned saved data, explicit browser-only wording, validated JSON export/import and corrupt-save recovery tests.
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What to include
- Document the exact storage origin and distinguish reload persistence from account synchronization.
- Retain the validated envelope format and prove an invalid replacement leaves the earlier record intact.
- Demonstrate a rejected corrupt load and a failed write without silently discarding prior data.
- Create and inspect an actual JSON export and state its exact contents.
- Produce a valid/invalid import matrix proving rejected content retains the previous list.
- Deliver a two-tab observation or truthful unavailable note, alongside the validated backup/recovery project.
Review and revise
Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.
- The implementation or declared simulation follows the supplied contract and retains inspectable original inputs.
- Normal, boundary and rejected cases are recorded with expected versus observed results.
- The changed case has a correct explanation and does not rely on hidden state.
- The project includes source, outputs, instructions and honest tool, privacy and verification limits.
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The idea in everyday life
Use the supplied reading.html, reading-store.mjs and test-reading.mjs with the invented title Moon Garden. Serve the folder at http://localhost:8765 using python3 -m http.server 8765 --bind 127.0.0.1.
A JSON file extension is a hint, not validation. The import must parse, check size and schema, and save successfully before replacing the current memory list.
Import without trusting the file name — original worked practice
A JSON file extension is a hint, not validation. The import must parse, check size and schema, and save successfully before replacing the current memory list.
Use the supplied reading.html, reading-store.mjs and test-reading.mjs with the invented title Moon Garden. Serve the folder at http://localhost:8765 using python3 -m http.server 8765 --bind 127.0.0.1.
1. Step 1
Copy the exported JSON and change Moon Garden to River Map while keeping version 1 and a valid revision. Import that file.
You should see: The validated River Map list replaces memory only after a successful save.
A JSON file extension is a hint, not validation. The import must parse, check size and schema, and save successfully before replacing the current memory list.
2. Step 2
Create a second file with version 2 and attempt import.
You should see: The unsupported import is rejected.
A JSON file extension is a hint, not validation. The import must parse, check size and schema, and save successfully before replacing the current memory list.
3. Step 3
Compare the list after rejection with the River Map list.
You should see: The valid previous list is retained.
A JSON file extension is a hint, not validation. The import must parse, check size and schema, and save successfully before replacing the current memory list.
4. Step 4
Retain both files and an expected/observed import matrix; use no private document data.
You should see: A valid/unsupported import test record.
A JSON file extension is a hint, not validation. The import must parse, check size and schema, and save successfully before replacing the current memory list.
What to finish
Produce a valid/invalid import matrix proving rejected content retains the previous list.
Watch for this
Trusting the .json extension or replacing the draft before the storage write succeeds.
How can I tell I understand it?
Demonstrate the rule: A JSON file extension is a hint, not validation. The import must parse, check size and schema, and save successfully before replacing the current memory list. Use the supplied variant to distinguish a changed result from a broken implementation.
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Reuse: Original local practice files, fictional data, worked examples and questions. Concepts paraphrased and linked; source exercises are not copied.
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01
Relevant documented module/API behavior inspected during expansion authoring; actual execution evidence is recorded separately. No grant eligibility is established.
Access: Official page retrieved with the web reader on 2026-10-01. Documentation reading does not certify execution in every native tool or browser.
Reuse: Original local practice files, fictional data, worked examples and questions. Concepts paraphrased and linked; source exercises are not copied.
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