How can I enable permissions for file:/// using chrome extensions. In my manifest.json I have tried:
"permissions": [
"file:///*"
]
and
"permissions": [
"file://*"
]
as well as
"permissions": [
"*:///C"
]
None of these work.
How can I enable permissions for file:/// using chrome extensions. In my manifest.json I have tried:
"permissions": [
"file:///*"
]
and
"permissions": [
"file://*"
]
as well as
"permissions": [
"*:///C"
]
None of these work.
Share Improve this question asked Oct 21, 2013 at 11:14 MorneMorne 1,7432 gold badges18 silver badges33 bronze badges1 Answer
Reset to default 19"permissions": [
"file://*/*"
]
Unless the extension is loaded from your local disk, file access will be disabled by default. The user has to manually approve this permission by visiting chrome://extensions/ and put a tick at the "Allow access to file URLs" checkbox.
In your code, you can see whether file access is allowed using chrome.extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess.
For a user-friendly way of requesting this access, see this answer.