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Ed Harrod
Ed Harrod

Reputation: 3619

Converting XMLHttpRequest to string in Javascript

i'm trying to read in a local file in javascript, I am not publishing this online so I only need it to work with my broweser (Firefox), i am currently trying to parse it using an XML Http request:

var txtFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
        txtFile.open("GET", "file://Users/spe_eddy_gonzalez/Dropbox/Me/Hon Proj/Wikipedia/simplewikitext.txt", true);
        txtFile.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (txtFile.readyState === 4) {  // Makes sure the document is ready to parse.
            if (txtFile.status === 200) {  // Makes sure it's found the file.
            allText = txtFile.responseText;
            lines = txtFile.responseText.split("\r\n"); // Will separate each line into an array
        } //"\r\n" 
    }
}
console.log($(txtFile).val());

var stringT = (new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(txtFile);

but get the following error: 

[11:22:43.970] NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS: Could not convert JavaScript argument arg 0 [nsIDOMSerializer.serializeToString] @ http://127.0.0.1:8020/CharCount2/character_counter2.js:26\

any help would be very welcome. I'm thinking about re-writing my whole system in Python as i'm struggling with the limited I/O functionality of Javascript, and i have much more experience in Python

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1529

Answers (1)

Greg
Greg

Reputation: 3568

Ajax does not work with the file:// protocol. You should use a simple webserver on your machine such as Apache or Nginx.

Upvotes: 3

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