Get a list of files from the local storage and display it as a list in flutter web: - flutter

Question

I've been building an ios app and in it, it'll download a bunch of pdf from an API and save it to the local storage using the path_provider package in flutter:
This is the code I use to fetch the path:
Future<String> get localPath async {
final directory = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
currentDir.value = directory.path;
return directory.path;}
And this is how I save it to the device:
Future<void> saveFilesToLocal(String url, String fileName) async {
try {
final path = await localPath;
final file = File('$path/$fileName');
if (await file.exists() == false) {
final response = await Dio().get(url,
options: Options(
responseType: ResponseType.bytes,
followRedirects: false,
receiveTimeout: 0));
final raf = file.openSync(mode: FileMode.write);
raf.writeFromSync(response.data);
await raf.close();
} else {
print("file already exists");
}
} catch (e) {
print('error: $e');
}
}
After I download and save the files to the storage, it'll be displayed as a gridview in the home page. To fetch that list of files I use this:
List<FileSystemEntity> files = [];
Future<void> getFilesList() async {
files.clear();
final path = await localPath;
Directory dir = Directory('$path');
files =
dir.listSync(recursive: true, followLinks: false);
update();
}
And all of this works fine in the ios device. But the current issue I'm facing while trying to run it on web is:
The package path_provider is not available for flutter web. I've been asked to create it as a web app too and I can't find an alternative for it. While looking for one I saw a post saying flutter web won't allow access to a device's local storage like that so it's not possible. Is it true? Is there a workaround? If it's about security, the app will only be run on specific devices. It won't be given to the public.