I am getting the following error:
XMLHttpRequest cannot load file:///C:/Users/richa.agiwal/Desktop/get/rm_Library/templates/template_viewSettings.html. Cross origin requests are only supported for HTTP.
I realize that this question has been answered before, but I still have not found a solution to my problem. I tried running chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files from the command prompt, and moved the file to the local file system, but I still get the same error.
I appreciate any suggestions!
If you are doing something like writing HTML and Javascript in a code editor on your personal computer, and testing the output in your browser, you will probably get error messages about Cross Origin Requests. Your browser will render HTML and run Javascript, jQuery, angularJs in your browser without needing a server set up. But many web browsers are programed to watch for cross site attacks, and will block requests. You don't want just anyone being able to read your hard drive from your web browser. You can create a fully functioning web page using Notepad++ that will run Javascript, and frameworks like jQuery and angularJs; and test everything just by using the Notepad++ menu item, RUN, LAUNCH IN FIREFOX. That's a nice, easy way to start creating a web page, but when you start creating anything more than layout, css and simple page navigation, you need a local server set up on your machine.
Here are some options that I use.
Test your web page locally on Firefox, then deploy to your host.
or: Run a local server
Test on Firefox, Deploy to Host
Firefox currently allows Cross Origin Requests from files served from your hard drive
Your web hosting site will allow requests to files in folders as configured by the manifest file
Run a Local Server
Run a server on your computer, like Apache or Python
Python isn't a server, but it will run a simple server
Run a Local Server with Python
Get your IP address:
On Windows: Open up the 'Command Prompt'. All Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt
I always run the Command Prompt as Administrator. Right click the Command Prompt menu item and look for Run As Administrator
Type the command: ipconfig and hit Enter.
Look for: IPv4 Address . . . . . . . . 12.123.123.00
There are websites that will also display your IP address
If you don't have Python, download and install it.
Using the 'Command Prompt' you must go to the folder where the files are that you want to serve as a webpage.
If you need to get back to the C:\ Root directory - type cd/
type cd Drive:\Folder\Folder\etc to get to the folder where your .Html file is (or php, etc)
Check the path. type: path at the command prompt. You must see the path to the folder where python is located. For example, if python is in C:\Python27, then you must see that address in the paths that are listed.
If the path to the Python directory is not in the path, you must set the path. type: help path and hit Enter. You will see help for path.
Type something like: path c:\python27 %path%
%path% keeps all your current paths. You don't want to wipe out all your current paths, just add a new path.
Create the new path FROM the folder where you want to serve the files.
Start the Python Server: Type: python -m SimpleHTTPServer port Where 'port' is the number of the port you want, for example python -m SimpleHTTPServer 1337
If you leave the port empty, it defaults to port 8000
If the Python server starts successfully, you will see a msg.
Run You Web Application Locally
Open a browser
In the address line type: http://your IP address:port
http://xxx.xxx.x.x:1337 or http://xx.xxx.xxx.xx:8000 for the default
If the server is working, you will see a list of your files in the browser
Click the file you want to serve, and it should display.
More advanced solutions
Install a code editor, web server, and other services that are integrated.
You can install Apache, PHP, Python, SQL, Debuggers etc. all separately on your machine, and then spend lots of time trying to figure out how to make them all work together, or look for a solution that combines all those things.
I like using XAMPP with NetBeans IDE. You can also install WAMP which provides a User Interface for managing and integrating Apache and other services.
Simple Solution
If you are working with pure html/js/css files.
Install this small server(link) app in chrome. Open the app and point the file location to your project directory.
Goto the url shown in the app.
Edit: Smarter solution using Gulp
Step 1: To install Gulp. Run following command in your terminal.
npm install gulp-cli -g
npm install gulp -D
Step 2: Inside your project directory create a file named gulpfile.js. Copy the following content inside it.
var gulp = require('gulp');
var bs = require('browser-sync').create();
gulp.task('serve', [], () => {
bs.init({
server: {
baseDir: "./",
},
port: 5000,
reloadOnRestart: true,
browser: "google chrome"
});
gulp.watch('./**/*', ['', bs.reload]);
});
Step 3: Install browser sync gulp plugin. Inside the same directory where gulpfile.js is present, run the following command
npm install browser-sync gulp --save-dev
Step 4: Start the server. Inside the same directory where gulpfile.js is present, run the following command
gulp serve
To add to Alan Wells's elaborate answer here is a quick fix
Run a Local Server
you can serve any folder in your computer with Serve
First, navigate using the command line into the folder you'd like to serve.
Then
npx i -g serve
serve
or if you'd like to test Serve without downloading it
npx serve
and that's it! You can view your files at http://localhost:5000
If you are using vscode, you can easily start a liver server. Click liver server at the bottom of the page, once the server is started, vscode will tell the port the project is running. Do ensure your project folder is the workspace
This error is happening because you are just opening html documents directly from the browser. To fix this you will need to serve your code from a webserver and access it on localhost. If you have Apache setup, use it to serve your files. Some IDE's have built in web servers, like JetBrains IDE's, Eclipse...
If you have Node.Js setup then you can use http-server. Just run npm install http-server -g and you will be able to use it in terminal like http-server C:\location\to\app.
Kirill Fuchs
If you use the WebStorm Javascript IDE, you can just open your project from WebStorm in your browser. WebStorm will automatically start a server and you won't get any of these errors anymore, because you are now accessing the files with the allowed/supported protocols (HTTP).
I was facing this error while I deployed my Web API project locally and I was calling API project only with this URL given below:
localhost//myAPIProject
Since the error message says it is not http:// then I changed the URL and put a prefix http as given below and the error was gone.
http://localhost//myAPIProject
Depends on your needs, but there is also a quick way to temporarily check your (dummy) JSON by saving your JSON on http://myjson.com. Copy the api link and paste that into your javascript code. Viola! When you want to deploy the codes, you must not forget to change that url in your codes!
I'm trying to load a 3D model, stored locally on my computer, into Three.js with JSONLoader, and that 3D model is in the same directory as the entire website.
I'm getting the "Cross origin requests are only supported for HTTP." error, but I don't know what's causing it nor how to fix it.
My crystal ball says that you are loading the model using either file:// or C:/, which stays true to the error message as they are not http://
So you can either install a webserver in your local PC or upload the model somewhere else and use jsonp and change the url to http://example.com/path/to/model
Origin is defined in RFC-6454 as
...they have the same
scheme, host, and port. (See Section 4 for full details.)
So even though your file originates from the same host (localhost), but as long as the scheme is different (http / file), they are treated as different origin.
Just to be explicit - Yes, the error is saying you cannot point your browser directly at file://some/path/some.html
Here are some options to quickly spin up a local web server to let your browser render local files
Python 2
If you have Python installed...
Change directory into the folder where your file some.html or file(s) exist using the command cd /path/to/your/folder
Start up a Python web server using the command python -m SimpleHTTPServer
This will start a web server to host your entire directory listing at http://localhost:8000
You can use a custom port python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9000 giving you link: http://localhost:9000
This approach is built in to any Python installation.
Python 3
Do the same steps, but use the following command instead python3 -m http.server
VSCode
If you are using Visual Studio Code you can install the Live Server extension which provides a local web server enviroment.
Node.js
Alternatively, if you demand a more responsive setup and already use nodejs...
Install http-server by typing npm install -g http-server
Change into your working directory, where yoursome.html lives
Start your http server by issuing http-server -c-1
This spins up a Node.js httpd which serves the files in your directory as static files accessible from http://localhost:8080
Ruby
If your preferred language is Ruby ... the Ruby Gods say this works as well:
ruby -run -e httpd . -p 8080
PHP
Of course PHP also has its solution.
php -S localhost:8000
In Chrome you can use this flag:
--allow-file-access-from-files
Read more here.
Ran in to this today.
I wrote some code that looked like this:
app.controller('ctrlr', function($scope, $http){
$http.get('localhost:3000').success(function(data) {
$scope.stuff = data;
});
});
...but it should've looked like this:
app.controller('ctrlr', function($scope, $http){
$http.get('http://localhost:3000').success(function(data) {
$scope.stuff = data;
});
});
The only difference was the lack of http:// in the second snippet of code.
Just wanted to put that out there in case there are others with a similar issue.
Just change the url to http://localhost instead of localhost. If you open the html file from local, you should create a local server to serve that html file, the simplest way is using Web Server for Chrome. That will fix the issue.
I'm going to list 3 different approaches to solve this issue:
Using a very lightweight npm package: Install live-server using npm install -g live-server. Then, go to that directory open the terminal and type live-server and hit enter, page will be served at localhost:8080. BONUS: It also supports hot reloading by default.
Using a lightweight Google Chrome app developed by Google: Install the app, then go to the apps tab in Chrome and open the app. In the app point it to the right folder. Your page will be served!
Modifying Chrome shortcut in windows: Create a Chrome browser's shortcut. Right-click on the icon and open properties. In properties, edit target to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security --user-data-dir="C:/ChromeDevSession" and save. Then using Chrome open the page using ctrl+o. NOTE: Do NOT use this shortcut for regular browsing.
Note: Use http:// like http://localhost:8080 in case you face error.
Use http:// or https:// to create url
error: localhost:8080
solution: http://localhost:8080
In an Android app — for example, to allow JavaScript to have access to assets via file:///android_asset/ — use setAllowFileAccessFromFileURLs(true) on the WebSettings that you get from calling getSettings() on the WebView.
fastest way for me was:
for windows users run your file on Firefox problem solved, or
if you want to use chrome easiest way for me was to install Python 3 then from command prompt run command python -m http.server then go to http://localhost:8000/ then navigate to your files
python -m http.server
Easy solution for whom using VS Code
I've been getting this error for a while. Most of the answers works. But I found a different solution. If you don't want to deal with node.js or any other solution in here and you are working with an HTML file (calling functions from another js file or fetch json api's) try to use Live Server extension.
It allows you to open a live server easily. And because of it creates localhost server, the problem is resolving. You can simply start the localhost by open a HTML file and right-click on the editor and click on Open with Live Server.
It basically load the files using http://localhost/index.html instead of using file://....
EDIT
It is not necessary to have a .html file. You can start the Live Server with shortcuts.
Hit (alt+L, alt+O) to Open the Server and (alt+L, alt+C) to Stop the server. [On MAC, cmd+L, cmd+O and cmd+L, cmd+C]
Hope it will help someone :)
If you use old version of Mozilla Firefox (pre-2019), it will work as expected without any issues;
P.S. Surprisingly, old versions of Internet Explorer & Edge work absolutely fine too.
For those on Windows without Python or Node.js, there is still a lightweight solution: Mongoose.
All you do is drag the executable to wherever the root of the server should be, and run it. An icon will appear in the taskbar and it'll navigate to the server in the default browser.
Also, Z-WAMP is a 100% portable WAMP that runs in a single folder, it's awesome. That's an option if you need a quick PHP and MySQL server. Though it hasn't been updated since 2013. A modern alternative would be Laragon or WinNMP. I haven't tested them, but they are portable and worth mentioning.
Also, if you only want the absolute basics (HTML+JS), here's a tiny PowerShell script that doesn't need anything to be installed or downloaded:
$Srv = New-Object Net.HttpListener;
$Srv.Prefixes.Add("http://localhost:8080/");
$Srv.Start();
Start-Process "http://localhost:8080/index.html";
While($Srv.IsListening) {
$Ctx = $Srv.GetContext();
$Buf = [System.IO.File]::OpenRead((Join-Path $Pwd($Ctx.Request.RawUrl)));
$Ctx.Response.ContentLength64 = $Buf.Length;
$Ctx.Response.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "text/html");
$Buf.CopyTo($Ctx.Response.OutputStream);
$Buf.Close();
$Ctx.Response.Close();
};
This method is very barebones, it cannot show directories or other fancy stuff. But it handles these CORS errors just fine.
Save the script as server.ps1 and run in the root of your project. It will launch index.html in the directory it is placed in.
I suspect it's already mentioned in some of the answers, but I'll slightly modify this to have complete working answer (easier to find and use).
Go to: https://nodejs.org/en/download/. Install nodejs.
Install http-server by running command from command prompt npm install -g http-server.
Change into your working directory, where index.html/yoursome.html resides.
Start your http server by running command http-server -c-1
Open web browser to http://localhost:8080
or http://localhost:8080/yoursome.html - depending on your html filename.
I was getting this exact error when loading an HTML file on the browser that was using a json file from the local directory. In my case, I was able to solve this by creating a simple node server that allowed to server static content. I left the code for this at this other answer.
It simply says that the application should be run on a web server. I had the same problem with chrome, I started tomcat and moved my application there, and it worked.
I suggest you use a mini-server to run these kind of applications on localhost (if you are not using some inbuilt server).
Here's one that is very simple to setup and run:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/tiny-server
Experienced this when I downloaded a page for offline view.
I just had to remove the integrity="*****" and crossorigin="anonymous" attributes from all <link> and <script> tags
If you insist on running the .html file locally and not serving it with a webserver, you can prevent those cross origin requests from happening in the first place by making the problematic resources available inline.
I had this problem when trying to to serve .js files through file://. My solution was to update my build script to replace <script src="..."> tags with <script>...</script>.
Here's a gulp approach for doing that:
1.
run npm install --save-dev to packages gulp, gulp-inline and del.
2.
After creating a gulpfile.js to the root directory, add the following code (just change the file paths for whatever suits you):
let gulp = require('gulp');
let inline = require('gulp-inline');
let del = require('del');
gulp.task('inline', function (done) {
gulp.src('dist/index.html')
.pipe(inline({
base: 'dist/',
disabledTypes: 'css, svg, img'
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('dist/').on('finish', function(){
done()
}));
});
gulp.task('clean', function (done) {
del(['dist/*.js'])
done()
});
gulp.task('bundle-for-local', gulp.series('inline', 'clean'))
Either run gulp bundle-for-local or update your build script to run it automatically.
You can see the detailed problem and solution for my case here.
For all y'all on MacOS... setup a simple LaunchAgent to enable these glamorous capabilities in your own copy of Chrome...
Save a plist, named whatever (launch.chrome.dev.mode.plist, for example) in ~/Library/LaunchAgents with similar content to...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>launch.chrome.dev.mode</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome</string>
<string>-allow-file-access-from-files</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
It should launch at startup.. but you can force it to do so at any time with the terminal command
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/launch.chrome.dev.mode.plist
TADA! 😎 💁🏻 🙊 🙏🏾
Not possible to load static local files(eg:svg) without server. If you have NPM /YARN installed in your machine, you can setup simple http server using "http-server"
npm install http-server -g
http-server [path] [options]
Or open terminal in that project folder and type "hs". It will automaticaly start HTTP live server.
er. I just found some official words "Attempting to load unbuilt, remote AMD modules that use the dojo/text plugin will fail due to cross-origin security restrictions. (Built versions of AMD modules are unaffected because the calls to dojo/text are eliminated by the build system.)" https://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/tutorials/1.10/cdn/
One way it worked loading local files is using them with in the project folder instead of outside your project folder. Create one folder under your project example files similar to the way we create for images and replace the section where using complete local path other than project path and use relative url of file under project folder .
It worked for me
Install local webserver for java e.g Tomcat,for php you can use lamp etc
Drop the json file in the public accessible app server directory
Start the app server,and you should be able to access the file from localhost
For Linux Python users:
import webbrowser
browser = webbrowser.get('google-chrome --allow-file-access-from-files %s')
browser.open(url)
url should be like:
createUserURL = "http://www.localhost:3000/api/angular/users"
instead of:
createUserURL = "localhost:3000/api/angular/users"
Many problem for this, with my problem is missing '/' example:
jquery-1.10.2.js:8720 XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://localhost:xxxProduct/getList_tagLabels/
It's must be: http://localhost:xxx/Product/getList_tagLabels/
I hope this help for who meet this problem.
I have also been able to recreate this error message when using an anchor tag with the following href:
Example a tag
In my case an a tag was being used to get the 'Pointer Cursor' and the event was actually controlled by some jQuery on click event. I removed the href and added a class that applies:
cursor:pointer;
cordova achieve this. I still can not figure out how cordova did. It does not even go through shouldInterceptRequest.
Later I found out that the key to load any file from local is: myWebView.getSettings().setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs(true);
And when you want to access any http resource, the webview will do checking with OPTIONS method, which you can grant the access through WebViewClient.shouldInterceptRequest by return a response, and for the following GET/POST method, you can just return null.
If you are searching for a solution for Firebase Hosting, you can run the
firebase serve --only hosting command from the Firebase CLI
That's what I came here for, so I thought I'd just leave it here to help like ones.
If your using VS code just trying loading a live server in there. fixed my problem immediately.
I'm developing an html web page which will visualize data. The intention is that this web page works only on one computer, so I don't want it to be online. Just off line. The web uses only Js, css and html. It is very simple and is not using any database, the data is loaded through D3js XMLHttpRequest. Up to now it is working with a local python server for development, through python -m SimpleHTTPServer. Eventually I will want to launch it easyer. Is it possible to pack the whole thing in a launchable app? Do you recommend some tools to do it or some things to read? What about the server part? Is it possible to launch a "SimpleHTTPServer" kind of thing without the console? Or maybe just one command which launches the server plus the web?
Thanks in advance.
Update
Save and compile following file in your folder.Double click on .pyc file to run it.
import SocketServer
import SimpleHTTPServer
import webbrowser
PORT = 8000
Handler = SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
httpd = SocketServer.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)
print "serving at port", PORT
httpd.serve_forever()
webbrowser.open(<yourip:PORT>)
This should work on all platforms
Put the following into a text file and save it with extension .bat
cd yourfolder
python -m SimpleHTTPServer port
C:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "yourip:port" --new-window
This should work fine in windows
For Mac
cd yourfolder
python -m SimpleHTTPServer port
open -a "Google Chrome" --args --kiosk http://google.com
and save with extension .command
Not too sure what you are trying to achieve from reading the question. but from what i understand is that you'd like to be able to launch your application and serve it on the web when done.
you could use heroku!(www.heroku.com), same way you are hosting the application on your local, you simply make a Procfile, and in that file you put in the command that you'd normally run on your local, and push to Heroku.