I am using HTML 5 Geolocations API's for tracking location however I am getting the following error on the Geolocation icon in Chrome Browser
"This Page has been blocked from tracking your Location"
I went to the Preferences and Setting's Page but did not find any help.
In my case the problem was that I opened the HTML file from the file system (file:///...). Browsers generally try to prevent accessing personal information (which includes location) from local files, so you have to serve the file through a web server (even if it is local).
One simple way to serve a static website located in your filesystem is SimpleHTTPServer if you have Python installed. Just navigate to the folder using the command prompt, and say python -m SimpleHTTPServer, and then you can view the file on localhost:8000.
Even I was facing the same problem. One of the solution is to open to file in another browser, I tried in Firefox and it worked fine. Another solution is to open the file through your WAMP server (Local host).
There is a good article here about Geolocation API. You have to go to chrome://settings/content and there, you can find Location information. You should be able to find the exceptions and manage them there.
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I have MediaWiki installed on a synology server. I would like to create a link on the wiki that would allow opening of files on the same server.
Here are the steps I did to achieve this:
Added $wgUrlProtocols[] = "file://"; in LocalSettings.php
A test file on the server: file://myServerName/path/to/file/test.txt. Putting this URL in my chrome browser directly opens the file.
Create a page in MediaWiki with a link to this file using [[file://myServerName/path/to/file/test.txt]]
When I click on the generated wiki page, nothing happens. However when I hover on top of the link, it shows the correct URL.
Can someone please point out what additional steps I need to do to get this working?
The file:// protocol points to the file on your computer. I'm not fully sure, but I think you cannot use it to retrieve file from a different machine (read my comment below about samba shares).
From quick research it looks like Chrome browser blocks requests with file:// protocol, But browsers like IE should allow you to open those files. It is done because of security reasons so the malicious site cannot open local files without your permission. You might bypass that by installing a special plugin in Chrome (look for Enable file links)
Instead of using file protocol, make those files available via Synology WebStation, and then create links that point to the file via webstation (not via path on the server). With that approach, links attached on your MediaWiki pages will work as those will be regular links.
If you don't use the WebStation, you might also try with ftp:// links (use the FTP service), or link to samba shares - that's where the file:// protocol might work, but again - I'm not sure and I cannot test it as I do not use windows.
I think that the safest/easiest/fastest way is to expose those files via WebStation.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_URI_scheme
The file URI scheme is a URI scheme defined in RFC 8089, typically used to retrieve files from within one's own computer.
Introduction
Honestry,I'm not native English user,so my English is not better.
If you have any question, ask me by comment.
what I wanna do
As a premise,when you try to access local files by web site link,IE or FireFox can access( by simple setting) ,but Chrome can't access for their security poricy.
I found the ways to do this, like below:
add --allow-file-access-from-files option when you execute chrome.exe
build a local server like nginx or Apache HTTP Server,which meditate to access local data
Use chrome extentionEnable local file links
Due to business restrictions,I should resolve this problem by method 1. but I can't enable loacl data link though I set option correctly.
I googled why I can't,but I couldn't find why it won't work.
(In the first place,I can't even find Google official description of --allow-file-access-from-files.How predecessors find that method ... )
While searching、I found person who have the same question、Google Forum.
I'm convinced that this is not my simple miss,but more deep problem,so I decided to make this question.
what I tried
I rebooted computer,killed all process related to chrome,then change directory where contains chrome executable file,and execute chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files
I rebooted computer,killed all process related to chrome 、create shortcut on my Desktop ,which destination is "/path/to/chrome/chrome.exe"--allow-file-access-from-files
After execute chrome,I checked chrome boot option to accesschrome://version/.Both method, I could boot chrome by add --allow-file-access-from-files option,but can't achieve first purpose to access local file access.
what I wanna know
lacking or similar to --allow-file-access-from-filesoption、
(solution similar to method 2 or method 3,like "Give up option solution,and use nginx as local server" is unnecessary)
or other solution
Additionary,if you know below info,please teach me.
- Google official documentation which descriptionsallow-file-access-from-files
( Indended to Oracle official Javadoc of Java.)
Using Tool
Chrome Version : 78.0.3904.87
OS : WIndows 7 SP1
I have a chrome extension that is installed via "Load unpacked extension," and I am trying to get it to delete itself or at least change its source code when a function is called. I have the chrome.management.uninstallSelf down, but I also need the source files for it to become changed/gone. Basically, I need the chrome extension to open the local file where its source is located and then delete/change some of the files inside it. Is there any way to do this?
Basically, I need the chrome extension to open the local file where its source is located and then delete/change some of the files inside it. Is there any way to do this?
No, this isn't normally* possible.
Chrome extensions have only read-only access to their own files (via chrome.runtime.getPackageDirectoryEntry or requests to chrome-extension://), and no access at all to the rest of the filesystem.
* All bets are off if you have a Native Host module though. It can do whatever, but would greatly complicate installation.
I am using Chrome to test some of my WebGL texture programs. According to the book 'WebGL Programming Guide', if I need to access files from my local disk, I should add the option --allow-file-access-from-files to Chrome.
How do I do that?
The short answer is DON'T
Open up a shell/terminal/command line and type
cd path/to/htmlfiles
python -m SimpleHTTPServer
Then in your browser to go
http://localhost:8000
If you find it's too slow consider this solution
The reason you don't want to allow file access is allowing it can be used to steal data from your machine. For example, you go to a site and download some webpage. You then view that page locally. With file access on that locally run page can now access all your files AND upload them to a server.
I want to experiment with Mike Bostock's stacked bar chart (https://gist.github.com/3886208) in my browser using web inspector. I realize that I need a local copy of the example files (the index.html and the data.csv file) in order to play with it. However, when I download the 'gist' folder and open the index.html file with Chrome, the chart doesn't appear. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
With Google Chrome, go to Top Menu > View > Developer > Javascript console. You will see a message
XMLHttpRequest cannot load file:///path/to/data.csv. Cross origin requests are only supported for HTTP.
As per https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki
When developing locally, note that your browser may enforce strict
permissions for reading files out of the local file system. If you use
d3.xhr locally (including d3.json et al.), you must have a local web
server. For example, you can run Python's built-in server:
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8888 &
Once this is running, go to http://localhost:8888/.