Opening local html file with SlimerJS

Question

I have a script that works in PhantomJS but I'm trying to switch to SlimerJS. I keep getting an error when trying to open a local file:

var webPage = require('webpage');
var system = require('system');
var page = webPage.create();

page.viewportSize = { width: 2048, height: 1536 };
console.log('Processing',system.args[1]);
page.open(
  'simple.html',
  function start(status) {
    setTimeout(function(){
      page.render(system.args[2], {format: 'png'});
      phantom.exit();
    },1000);
  }
);

simple.html is a file located in the same directory as the script. The resulting PNG says "Address Not Found", "simple.html could not be found. Please check the name and try again."

I've also tried:

• full OS path, eg /User/blah/blah/simple.html
• file URI file:///Users/blah/blah/simple.html

These yield a similar result.

I'd rather not have the script publicly available for a variety of reasons. Is it possible to launch a local file with SlimerJS?

Answer 1

I don't think its possible. Reading the docs it specifies a url.

I got around this by running a http server

python -m SimpleHTTPServer  

Then accessing it through localhost.

page.open('http://localhost:8000/simple.html',...)

Answer 2

A file URI does work. Something like file:///Users/name/project/file.html.