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Re: Cross-Origin Request Blocked

From The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: Cross-Origin Request Blocked
Date 2022-07-20 12:18 +0100
Organization A little, after lunch
Message-ID <tb8oac$1j4ed$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 20/07/2022 00:34, Arno Welzel wrote:
> emf:
> 
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have on my computer a program that reads a local text file. It
>> used to work OK but now it doesn't and the Web Developer Tools
>> of Firefox says:
>>
>> Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows
>> reading the remote resource at file:///C:/...
>>
>> Is there any work-around?
> 
> No.
> 
I wouldn't be as categorically sure as all that.
I can think of at least one way.

Construct a minimal web server on the local machine and access it via ajax.

Or find some mechanism where JavaScript or the browser interacts with 
the host, and subvert it...



> Accessing local files is restricted for security reasons.
> 
> Also see:
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS/Errors/CORSRequestNotHttp>
> 


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Cross-Origin Request Blocked emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2022-07-19 17:46 -0400
  Re: Cross-Origin Request Blocked Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2022-07-20 01:34 +0200
    Re: Cross-Origin Request Blocked The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-20 12:18 +0100
      Re: Cross-Origin Request Blocked Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2022-07-21 11:18 +0200
        Re: Cross-Origin Request Blocked The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-07-21 11:24 +0100
  Re: Cross-Origin Request Blocked Ezimene nimi Teine nimi <techfan55555@hotmail.com> - 2023-03-06 03:27 -0800

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