Render a local file?

[briho]

CORS security protections prevent me from using a local path for the document URL when testing how XML articles will be rendered by the Lens viewer. I don't want to build my own customised viewer, but I would like to use the standard starter locally to test articles I'm preparing for publication.

What's the easiest way to see how Lens will render an XML file locally?

[gnott]

There is a simple way to load a local XML file into the Lens viewer, if you drag-and-drop the XML file into the Lens browser window.

I tested by running the https://github.com/elifesciences/lens-elife project, after the npm start command, the Lens page is http://localhost:4001/doc.html

The XML specified there may report an error, which you can ignore. Drag-and-drop a JATS XML file from your disk onto the browser window and it will be rendered.

Drag-and-drop an eLife XML file from the https://github.com/elifesciences/elife-article-xml repo if you want to reproduce what I am getting.

You should be able to run your own Lens viewer or the lens-starter project similarly, in theory.