Angular 2 app - link to local file

Question

In my app I\'m viewing a list of files on the local machine (their paths are fetched from DB). When a file is being clicked, it should be opened. I tried the following with no s

Answer 1

You cannot access local resources from a website served over http because it is a security concern. Think of what would happen to your machine if any website could access files on it. You'll have other security restrictions for serving data from a different domain from your domain as well.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish by accessing a local file? Giving additional insight into the reason might get you more useful suggestions. Otherwise, the answer is that you can't and shouldn't do this.