PhantomJS fails to open local file

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I am trying to open a local HTML-file with PhantomJS (version 1.9.2):

var page = require('webpage').create(), fs = require('fs'),
    address = "/Full/Path/To/test.html";

console.log('isFile? ' + fs.isFile(address));
console.log('isReadable? ' + fs.isReadable(address));
page.open(address, function(status){
    console.log('status? ' + status);
    console.log(page.content)
    phantom.exit();
});

First I check if I got the right path and if the file is readable using fs.isFile() & fs.isReadable(). Then I check whether phantomjs succeeded in opening the file (with status). Independent of the actual contents of the file I always get:

isFile? true
isReadable? true
status? fail
<html><head></head><body></body></html>

So the file and the path seem to be okay – but PhantomJS fails to open it! Any suggestions?

Why don't you use the page.onLoadFinished callback like I have in this answer? http://stackoverflow.com/a/7549515/541404 — Cameron Tinker, Nov 13 '13 at 13:25
Also, what operating system are you using? You may want to use `fs.separator` to get the appropriate file system separator. For example, if you're in Windows, your separator will be "\", but if you're in a Unix\OS X variant, you'll use "/". — Cameron Tinker, Nov 13 '13 at 13:41
I was missing the third "/" on "file:///". It made phantom give me success as status but as content. Weird. — Marcos Brigante, Jul 28 '15 at 21:11

score 53 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 04 '19 at 16:35

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PhantomJS can open local files without any problems. The url have to follow classic Url/Uri rules, especially for a local file.

/Full/Path/To/test.html is not valid for PhantomJS. Is it a local file or a web resource?

Depending of the path, just try with something like this:

file:///C:/Full/Path/To/test.html

or if it's hosted in a web server:

http://localhost/Full/Path/To/test.html

edited Feb 04 '19 at 16:35

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answered Nov 14 '13 at 07:15

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@MiguelAlejandroFuentesLopez: Unix path is not a full Uniform Resource Identifier as described in [RFC 3986](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986). – adrenalin Aug 28 '14 at 08:54

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

An addition to @Cybermaxs answer: If you need to convert a simple relative path test.html to a proper URL, you can do so by something like this:

var fs = require('fs');

function getFileUrl(str) {
  var pathName = fs.absolute(str).replace(/\\/g, '/');
  // Windows drive letter must be prefixed with a slash
  if (pathName[0] !== "/") {
    pathName = "/" + pathName;
  }
  return encodeURI("file://" + pathName);
};

var fileUrl = getFileUrl("test.html");

Note that you can't use a solution based on file-url because it is based on path and process, which do not work within PhantomJS. Fortunately, the fs module provides similar functionality.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:52

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As of phantom 2.1.1 (possibly earlier) the method described by OP actually works as written.

answered Jan 18 '18 at 16:52

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