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Install [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/)	`brew install ngrok`
Start a web server	`npx http-server --cors`
Get an HTTPS forwarding address	`ngrok http 8080`

\n\nYou can then fetch a local file:","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":8,"value":"