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I'm trying to load in a web app that I've built using Backbone and it pulls in JSON and HTML template files that are stored locally. I was wondering with Chrome packaged apps whether it's possible to load these files by using some sort of 'get'/ajax request?
Currently I'm getting this...
OPTIONS chrome-extension://fibpcbellfjkmapljkjdlpgencmekhco/templates/templates.html Cannot make any requests from null. jquery.min.js:2
XMLHttpRequest cannot load chrome-extension://fibpcbellfjkmapljkjdlpgencmekhco/templates/templates.html. Cannot make any requests from null.
I can't find any real information on how to do this so any help would be great thanks!
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Yes, it's totally possible, and it's easy. Here's a working sample. Try starting with this, confirm that it works, and then add back in your own code. If you hit a roadblock and come up with a more specific question than whether XHRs work in packaged apps, you might want to ask a new question.
manifest.json:
{
"name": "SO 15977151 for EggCup",
"description": "Demonstrates local XHR",
"manifest_version" : 2,
"version" : "0.1",
"app" : {
"background" : {
"scripts" : ["background.js"]
}
},
"permissions" : []
}
background.js:
chrome.app.runtime.onLaunched.addListener(function() {
chrome.app.window.create("window.html",
{ bounds: { width: 600, height: 400 }});
});
window.html:
<html>
<body>
<div>The content is "<span id="content"/>"</div>
<script src="main.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
main.js:
function requestListener() {
document.querySelector("#content").innerHTML = this.responseText;
};
onload = function() {
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onload = requestListener;
request.open("GET", "content.txt", true);
request.send();
};
content.txt:
Hello, world!
You are making a request from a sandboxed page, and sandboxed pages have a null origin.
I have posted this issue question on the Google Group.
Unless Chrome decides to changed the sandbox policy, it appears the only workaround is to make XHR requests from a non-sandboxed page and use Chrome's message passing API to give it to your sandboxed page.
I don't know why it has to be so difficult.
EDIT:
The answer from the Chrome Team was to change the CORS header to *.
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