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Using JavaScript, how can I detect if a page was loaded from a web server or from a folder on a person's computer?<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-27361660-1">if( served_from_web_server ) alert('This page was loaded from a web server.');
else alert('This page was loaded locally');</code></pre>
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Using JavaScript, how can I detect if a page was loaded from a web server or from a folder on a person's computer?

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JavaScript: Loaded from web server or local computer?

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.