#Reading files on windows?

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molten perch
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I have created a new protocol handler and am trying to get files to load on windows. They load fine in linux. I tried replacing the windows \ path with / but that does not work. The error i get is net:ERR_UNEXPECTED

Here is the custom file handler:

        return net.fetch('file://' + request.url.slice('media://'.length))
    })```
marsh lion
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in which case do you need to load files? I mean, what kind of files?

molten perch
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local files from out side the app

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for example C:\test.mp3

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or /home/me/test.mp3 on linux

marsh lion
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and you only get this error?

molten perch
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yup

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only on windows

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linux the flatpak works fine compiled

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windows i get that error

marsh lion
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do you get it if you don't use a custom protocol?

molten perch
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dont know never tried it without, let me give it a go

marsh lion
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if in production you load a file into your window, the custom protocol shouldn't be necessary

molten perch
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building now for a test on windows using just file://

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so lets say this works how would i handle the difference between dev and production?

marsh lion
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in development you get an error about not being able to load local resources?

molten perch
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yea because chrome has no access to filesystem files for security reasons

marsh lion
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yes

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you can just disable webSecurity only in dev

molten perch
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ok still building took me a minute as im on another computer

marsh lion
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webPreferences: {
  webSecurity: app.isPackaged,
  allowRunningInsecureContent: false // Optional, save you from a warning in dev
  ...
}
molten perch
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well that works without the custom handler

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so now i just need to apply those other fixes. thanks very much for the help

marsh lion
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you're welcome

molten perch
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oh and where do those webPrefs go?

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which file

marsh lion
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it's in the configuration of your BrowserWindow

molten perch
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ahh perfect got it

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should i have any of this other stuff adjusted?

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i have an idea what node context and backgroud do

marsh lion
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wow wow, you disabled security stuff 😦

molten perch
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yea thats why i wanted to chck

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i dont think i need node intigration as i use no node modules in my app

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context im not 100% sure on

marsh lion
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nodeIntegration, contextIsolation, enableRemoteModule, sandbox, all of these are security features

molten perch
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ok let me kill those lines real fast

marsh lion
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it will block you from using Node.js into your renderer process directly

molten perch
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yup and thats ok as im not doing that

marsh lion
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better keep security on then, the default values are secure, you can just not define them into the preferences

molten perch
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ok i still have audio playback from my files in dev so i think thats good

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and its more secure now

marsh lion
molten perch
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oh cool ill check that out

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thats what I am working on

marsh lion
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nice ^^

molten perch
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thanks you and thanks again for the help

marsh lion
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no problem

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