Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript Subject: Re: Read binary file Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:56:12 +0100 Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Lines: 33 Message-ID: <1757144.z989PGAeHF@PointedEars.de> References: <145821661.4prVZSFEgG@PointedEars.de> Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: solani.org 1458197773 26881 eJwFwYEBwDAIArCX1k1Q3hHt/ycswcdDZxAMXFzSvdEaxGS5Sx6U+Ni0ipM6Yyu4r7z8ASr0EZM= (17 Mar 2016 06:56:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 06:56:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.14.2 X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwCAIA7CXgEHrzlGo/59gUh8czUQh69btjTxW1nIVNYTZ+I+QIjTGTcCPs6eDRQ/ZiJNrxRzfD1PhFYA= Cancel-Lock: sha1:Kb3HgHb5jvTHHrfED6rtens4two= X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwFwQkBACAIA8BKDhxgHOXpH8E7qsHSt9E2hyMp0c2FOi949K4s8QqVBy3sYKMRQHrfnPoVIREn Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.javascript:30027 Stefan Weiss wrote: > On 03/17/2016 01:04, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Herbert Kleebauer wrote: >>> If the picture is on a different server, there seems to be >>> an access violation. How can I avoid this violation >> >> You cannot. The whole point of the Same Origin Policy is to prevent >> people from doing things like what you attempted. > > The same-origin policy is a security feature; it has nothing to do with > copyright. Learn to read. >>> or in which other way can I read a binary file from a different >>> web server into a javascript array. >> >> I know how (it is actually trivial if you think it through), but until I >> am certain that you are not attempting a copyright violation through the >> back door, I will not say. > > I'm curious. Without CORS, I can't think of a way to get a byte array > from an image on a different server. XHR won't work, and neither will > image → canvas → data. What's the trivial solution? Nice try. -- PointedEars FAQ: | SVN: Twitter: @PointedEars2 | ES Matrix: Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.