D3.js loading local data file from file:///

Question

I know that D3.js supports loading data files with XHR and JSONP requests.

However in my case, I am going to run .html files by double clicking on them from filesystem, which is going to run it like file://.../foo.html on browser.

Is it possible to load data file (csv or json) within the same directory from computer as foo.html on browser (while not running on http:// but file://)?

Answer 1

The best solution would be to run a server on your computer to make it work.

The simplest way to have a local web server, as explained here is to run this command in the directory where you have your source code:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8888 &

Then just load the page http://localhost:8888