html navigator “User denied Geolocation”
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23-06-2021 - |
Question
I have an issue with window.navigator, I'm getting error code 1, "User denied Geolocation" whenever I run the following code as a local html file:
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
console.log(position);
}, function(positionError) {
console.log(positionError);
});
The output is coming from the error function, positionError contains:
code: 1
message: "User denied Geolocation"
This does not happen if the containing html is served from some server.
Is this expected? Is there some way to use navigator from a local html? I am trying to write some mobile app, but am also trying to avoid network whenever possible.
thanks.
La solution
If you are using chrome, please have a look at the answer below:
HTML 5 Geo Location Prompt in Chrome
It appears this is a security restriction for the file
protocol. Looks like you are going to need to host it locally from a server.
Autres conseils
A simple response that worked for me was to simply change my url from
localhost
to
127.0.0.1
Chrome asked me to confirm I wanted to share my location settings and I was away!