Does it respect CORS headers? On Thursday, September 3, 2015, Fraser Gordon <fraser.gor...@livecode.com> wrote:
> > On 3 Sep 2015, at 10:02, Rolf Kocherhans <rolf.kocherh...@id.uzh.ch > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > I am experimenting with the „get URL“ command on a HTML5 WebApp. > > > > I can’t get it to work at all :-( > > > > The get URL command can be used in 3 ways with file - ftp or > > http urls, I guess the HTML5 get URL command is not used > > for ftp or http because the relay on LibURL (just a guess). > > > > Therefore I concentrated on the file command to access local files on the > > Server where I host the WebPage. > > > > Example: get URL ("file:" & "/public_html" & "/text.txt") > > > > Can anybody help ? I guess I have a problem with not knowing the correct > > path to the file which I want to import ? > > > > Cheers > > Rolf > > Hi Rolf, > > “file” URLs won’t work as you expect - the standalone is running in the > user’s browser, not on the server so it has no access to the server’s > filesystem. You don’t even have access to the user’s filesystem as browsers > have security policies in place to prevent it. Instead, the “filesystem” > that the HTML5 engine sees is empty except for the standalone stack and its > resources. > > You’re right that libURL isn’t being used (as it requires sockets > support). We currently have a basic in-engine implementation of ‘get url’ > but it only works for http and https URLs. Additionally, because it uses > the browser’s own HTTP support, it is restricted by the “same-origin” > policy that browsers use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-origin_policy > . Basically, only http(s) will work and only for URLs on the same domain. > > Fraser > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <javascript:;> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode