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chrome-use/test/file-access.test.ts
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Chris Tate 07c2372766 feat: add --allow-file-access flag for file:// URL support (#375)
* feat: add --allow-file-access flag for file:// URL support

Adds the ability to open and interact with local files using file:// URLs.
This enables use cases like viewing local PDFs, testing local HTML files,
and allowing JavaScript to access other local files via XHR.

The flag adds Chromium's --allow-file-access-from-files and --allow-file-access
launch arguments. Only supported in Chromium browsers.

Fixes #345

* fix: add cli_allow_file_access tracking to prevent spurious warning

When --allow-file-access is set via AGENT_BROWSER_ALLOW_FILE_ACCESS env var
(not CLI), don't warn about the flag being ignored when daemon is already running.
2026-02-05 00:24:28 -06:00

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import { describe, it, expect, afterEach, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
import { BrowserManager } from '../src/browser.js';
import { writeFileSync, unlinkSync } from 'node:fs';
import path from 'node:path';
import os from 'node:os';
describe('File Access (Issue #345)', () => {
let browser: BrowserManager;
const testFilePath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'agent-browser-test-file.html');
const testFileUrl = `file://${testFilePath}`;
// Create test HTML file before tests
beforeAll(() => {
writeFileSync(
testFilePath,
'<html><body><h1>Test File Access</h1><p>This content was loaded from a local file.</p></body></html>'
);
});
// Clean up test file after tests
afterAll(() => {
try {
unlinkSync(testFilePath);
} catch {
// Ignore if file doesn't exist
}
});
afterEach(async () => {
if (browser?.isLaunched()) {
await browser.close();
}
});
describe('without allowFileAccess flag', () => {
it('should fail to load file:// URL content by default', async () => {
browser = new BrowserManager();
await browser.launch({
headless: true,
});
const page = browser.getPage();
// Navigate to file:// URL - this should work for navigation
// but Chromium restricts what the page can do
await page.goto(testFileUrl);
// The page should load but let's verify the URL
const url = page.url();
expect(url).toBe(testFileUrl);
// Content should be accessible when navigating directly
const content = await page.content();
expect(content).toContain('Test File Access');
});
});
describe('with allowFileAccess flag', () => {
it('should load file:// URL with allowFileAccess enabled', async () => {
browser = new BrowserManager();
await browser.launch({
headless: true,
allowFileAccess: true,
});
const page = browser.getPage();
await page.goto(testFileUrl);
// Verify the page loaded correctly
const url = page.url();
expect(url).toBe(testFileUrl);
// Verify content is accessible
const heading = await page.locator('h1').textContent();
expect(heading).toBe('Test File Access');
const paragraph = await page.locator('p').textContent();
expect(paragraph).toBe('This content was loaded from a local file.');
});
it('should allow file:// URL to access other local files via XMLHttpRequest', async () => {
browser = new BrowserManager();
await browser.launch({
headless: true,
allowFileAccess: true,
});
const page = browser.getPage();
await page.goto(testFileUrl);
// With allowFileAccess, XMLHttpRequest to local files should work
// This is the key difference - without the flag, this would be blocked
const canAccessFiles = await page.evaluate(() => {
return new Promise<boolean>((resolve) => {
try {
// XMLHttpRequest is the traditional way to test --allow-file-access-from-files
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', window.location.href, true);
xhr.onload = () => resolve(xhr.status === 0 || xhr.status === 200);
xhr.onerror = () => resolve(false);
xhr.send();
} catch {
resolve(false);
}
});
});
expect(canAccessFiles).toBe(true);
});
});
describe('combined with other options', () => {
it('should work with allowFileAccess and custom user-agent', async () => {
const customUA = 'FileAccessTestBot/1.0';
browser = new BrowserManager();
await browser.launch({
headless: true,
allowFileAccess: true,
userAgent: customUA,
});
const page = browser.getPage();
await page.goto(testFileUrl);
// Verify file access works
const content = await page.locator('h1').textContent();
expect(content).toBe('Test File Access');
// Verify user-agent is set
const ua = await page.evaluate(() => navigator.userAgent);
expect(ua).toBe(customUA);
});
it('should work with allowFileAccess and custom args', async () => {
browser = new BrowserManager();
await browser.launch({
headless: true,
allowFileAccess: true,
args: ['--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled'],
});
const page = browser.getPage();
await page.goto(testFileUrl);
// Verify file access works
const content = await page.locator('h1').textContent();
expect(content).toBe('Test File Access');
// Verify webdriver is hidden (from custom arg)
const webdriver = await page.evaluate(() => navigator.webdriver);
expect(webdriver).toBe(false);
});
});
});