Local Chrome extension to set file of input type="file"
file-io, file-upload, google-chrome-extension, javascript
Solution
Ok i'm going to answer my own question.
First of all thank Michael Dibbets and wtjones for your answers. `--disable-web-security and --allow-file-access-from-files` did not work. I did not go for native plugins and for extending chrome from its source as it seems to take time.
The solution:
I used chromedriver with selenium java to automate chrome.
and with the help of Slanec's Answer to this question i was able select the file pragmatically.
Here's the java code:
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:/.../chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.get("URL_OF_THE_PAGE");
WebElement link = driver.findElement(By.linkText("TEXT_IN_THE_LINK"));
link.click();
WebElement choose_file_input = driver.findElement(By.className("CLASS_OF_THE_INPUT"));
choose_file_input.sendKeys("PATH_TO_FILE");
Thanks!
Problem
I'am developing an Extension for Chrome browser. I wan't to choose a file from a `input type="file"` html element using the extension. But I know this is not possible due to security restrictions. Is there a way to remove the security restrictions of Chrome related to this issue so that this will be possible. Thanks.