pdf is not showing in html from local directory

Question

I'm trying to view a pdf on web using html from local directory.

<embed src="file:///C:/others/hello.pdf" width="250" height="375" type='application/pdf'/>

But the browser (chrome) says:

Blocked http://localhost:8081 from loading file:///C:/others/hello.pdf. Refused to load a local file in a non-local page for security reasons.

but when i tried to view a pdf from an web url, it works.

Answer 1

This might be of help. allowing local files access on chrome

allow local file