# httpGetAsync for msg display from Server
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/httpgetasync-for-msg-display-from-server/636364
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [April 3, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/httpgetasync-for-msg-display-from-server/636364 "2017-04-03T20:20:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@gnuTwist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gnuTwist)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/httpgetasync-for-msg-display-from-server/636364/1 "2017-04-03T20:20:17Z")
Hi,
Just found this forum… had asked this question at: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41771696/how-can-i-request-msg-file-from-server-for-reader](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41771696/how-can-i-request-msg-file-from-server-for-reader) but haven’t figured it out yet.
I can’t seem to pass the “file path” to the reader script. It runs, no errors, but no msg displays either.
Thanks in advance for any help on this…
Randall
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/httpgetasync-for-msg-display-from-server/636364/2 "2017-04-03T20:44:54Z")
Just very quickly browsing and seeing `NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL` and `q:\...`, it might help to use the `file://` protocol to reference your file instead. This is like `http://` but is used to reference local files.
[https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767731(v=vs.85).aspx](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767731(v=vs.85).aspx)
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### Author:  [@gnuTwist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gnuTwist)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/httpgetasync-for-msg-display-from-server/636364/3 "2017-04-04T12:37:36Z")
Thank you Senocular, I’ll give that a try. The thing is… I’m stuck on how to plug the .msg path into src-file below. This script works to pull up a .msg from the local machine using a Browse button. I basically need to eliminate the Browse button (easy) and plug a selected value into src-file. That’s where I’m stuck.
```
$(function () {
if (isSupportedFileAPI()) {
$('.src-file').change(function () {
var selectedFile = this.files[0];
if (!selectedFile) {
$('.msg-info, .incorrect-type').hide();
return;
}
if (selectedFile.name.indexOf('.msg') == -1) {
$('.msg-info').hide();
$('.incorrect-type').show();
return;
}
$('.msg-example .msg-file-name').html(selectedFile.name);
$('.incorrect-type').hide();
// read file...
var fileReader = new FileReader();
fileReader.onload = function (evt) {
var buffer = evt.target.result;
var msgReader = new MSGReader(buffer);
var fileData = msgReader.getFileData();
if (!fileData.error) {
$('.msg-example .msg-from').html(formatEmail({name: fileData.senderName, email: fileData.senderEmail}));
$('.msg-example .msg-to').html(jQuery.map(fileData.recipients, function (recipient, i) {
return formatEmail(recipient);
}).join('
'));
$('.msg-example .msg-subject').html(fileData.subject);
$('.msg-example .msg-body').html(fileData.body ? fileData.body.substring(0, Math.min(500, fileData.body.length)) + (fileData.body.length > 500 ? '...' : '') : '');
$('.msg-example .msg-attachment').html(jQuery.map(fileData.attachments, function (attachment, i) {
return attachment.fileName + ' [' + attachment.contentLength + 'bytes]' + (attachment.pidContentId ? '; ID = ' + attachment.pidContentId : '');
}).join('
'));
$('.msg-info').show();
// Use msgReader.getAttachment to access attachment content ...
// msgReader.getAttachment(0) or msgReader.getAttachment(fileData.attachments[0])
} else {
$('.msg-info').hide();
$('.incorrect-type').show();
}
};
fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(selectedFile);
});
} else {
$('.msg-example').hide();
$('.file-api-not-available').show();
}
```
});
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### Author:  [@tryangle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tryangle)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/httpgetasync-for-msg-display-from-server/636364/4 "2017-04-07T14:11:06Z")
I was too hasty with the reply!