File URL “Not allowed to load local resource” in the Internet Browser

Question

I\'ve got a major brainteaser.

I want to open a file in classic ASP. I\'m using various variables because things can change but the outcome is correct. I know this b

Answer 1

For people do not like to modify chrome's security options, we can simply start a python http server from directory which contains your local file:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

and for python 3:

python3 -m http.server

Now you can reach any local file directly from your js code or externally with http://127.0.0.1:8000/some_file.txt