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Launching a browser to open a LOCAL file url..encode, decode?)

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Hey, i'm trying to build an app that extracts data from various websites . In order to be "gentle" on their bandwith, etc, i'm downloading the files localy before extracting the data.
So i have a directory with lots of html files and i want to open each file and extract the data i need.
The issue is that i can't really invoke the browser with a local url, because it seems it adds some kind of url encoding, adding unnecessary chars to the file path .

Any ideeas ? ty
Any ideeas ? Ty.

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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hi @ditoiuc
You need to open any other URL, then open the local file. Remember to escape any "%" in the file name by replacing them with %%
Also, you need to allow PAD extension to interact with local files - you do it by right clicking it --> Manage Extension --> switch the corresponding toggle.

Example:

WebAutomation.LaunchChrome.AttachToChromeByUrl TabUrl: $'''file:///C:/Users/XXXXX/Desktop/test/google%%20-%%20Szukaj%%20w%%20Google.html''' AttachTimeout: 5 BrowserInstance=> Browser WebAutomation.Click.Click BrowserInstance: Browser Control: appmask['Web Page \'f ... oogle.html\'']['Heading 3 \'LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md\''] ClickType: WebAutomation.ClickType.LeftClick MouseClick: True WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 MousePositionRelativeToElement: WebAutomation.RectangleEdgePoint.MiddleCenter OffsetX: 0 OffsetY: 0

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ditoiuc 23 on at

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Ok, i will try it. As a worakraound i discuvered that starting a Firefox instance...accepts the initial url. Unlinke Chrome or Edge

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