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Evgenij Reznik
Evgenij Reznik

Reputation: 18594

Cannot load XMLHttpRequest on the same machine

I want to load a simple txt-file from my local machine with jQuery.

When doing:

$.ajax({
    method : "GET",
    url : "folder/file.txt",
    dataType : 'text',
    success : function(data) {
        console.log(data)
    }
});

I get:

XMLHttpRequest cannot load file:///home/user/path/to/file/data/file.txt. Cross origin requests are only supported for protocol schemes: http, data, chrome, chrome-extension, https, chrome-extension-resource.

But how is this possible, when both files (the JavaScript and the txt) are in the same directory on my local machine?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 61

Answers (2)

Alessandro Parolin
Alessandro Parolin

Reputation: 146

If this is a quick test you are performing, then a quick solution would be to use a different browser. For instance, Firefox runs that piece of code just fine.

Upvotes: 0

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943193

Chrome considers all XMLHttpRequest requests to file: URIs to be cross-origin.

If you want to use XMLHttpRequest, then run an HTTP server.

Upvotes: 1

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