What is Localhost Automate?

Localhost Automate is a Chrome extension developed by Tal Koren, and its main feature is "Converts file URLs to http://localhost for developer testing purposes".

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Download Localhost Automate Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

As a developer working under his Localhost server before uploading a project to the WWW, I've encountered one issue that always wastes 3-4 seconds of my workflow.

After opening a web document, whether if its an html file, php file or anything else, Google Chrome opens it under file:// protocol instead of http://, resulting in developers clicking on the address bar just to switch to http://localhost.

Localhost Automate is what solves it.

Localhost Automate provides an easier, more comfortable way to tell the browser to get the http://localhost up there instead of file://, as long as the web document is in the preconfigured folder.

Localhost Automate requires a valid path to your localhost folder (ie. d:\wwwroot), so afterwards, if you're opening a file under 'd:\wwwroot\Some_Project', the extension would redirect it to 'http://localhost/Some_Project'.

Comments, bugs and suggestions are welcome.

Enjoy :)

Extension Basic Information

Name	Localhost Automate
ID	pplnfonehjimoddpmnhldhkgojhkjcfh
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/localhost-automate/pplnfonehjimoddpmnhldhkgojhkjcfh
Description	Converts file URLs to http://localhost for developer testing purposes
File Size	85.98 KB
Installation Count	1,347
Current Version	1.1
Last Updated	2018-04-28
Publish Date	2018-04-27
Rating	4.17/5 Total 12 Ratings
Developer	Tal Koren
Payment Type	free
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
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