Adding file://. permission to chrome extension
chromium, google-chrome-extension, javascript
Solution
"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.
Problem
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.