file protocol support

[eshengsky]

I found that if I pass a file protocol string as the first parameter, it shows 'Invalid URI' as error.
example:

request('file://skysun/Download/1.txt', (err, response, body) => {
        if (err) {
            callback(err);
        } else {
            callback(null, body);
        }
    })

Dose Request not suppert file protocal? Or any other solution?
thanks!

[sporkmonger]

Not sure if it'll fix, but file protocol URLs should generally be three '/'s and an absolute path, not two.

[eshengsky]

@sporkmonger the path is an shared path, and two '/'s works well when I open it in Chrome.

[tommedema]

Why was this closed? The issue is not resolved, file:/// paths currently result in an error being thrown such as

Error: Invalid URI "file:///Users/tommedema/Drive/projects/forks/tm-web-resource-inliner/test/cases/assets/export.js"

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[reconbot]

Request is now in maintenance mode and wont be merging any new features. Please see #3142 for more information.