Ajax解析本地XML

Question

I'm building a local html file to show dynamically some data from an XML file and by using Chrome's Inspector I figured my XML file is not being parsed because it is "not hosted on a webserver"

XMLHttpRequest cannot load data.xml. Cross origin requests are only supported for HTTP.

I know that there are a few flags I could pass to Chrome/web browser to workaround this limitation but I'm looking into some alternative method. I will probably have to distribute this files to a few people and teaching them how to pass flags to the browser is not an option for me. Hosting them on a web server is not an option either.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Answer 1

No ghost unless you set up a local server or host the XML file locally. Ajax has to follow the same origin policy.