let { classes: Cc, interfaces: Ci } = Components; add_task(async function test() { await SpecialPowers.pushPrefEnv( {set: [["browser.tabs.remote.separateFileUriProcess", true]]} ); let fileData = ""; for (var i = 0; i < 100; ++i) { fileData += "hello world!"; } let file = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"] .getService(Ci.nsIDirectoryService) .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIProperties) .get("ProfD", Ci.nsIFile); file.append('file.txt'); file.createUnique(Components.interfaces.nsIFile.FILE_TYPE, 0o600); let outStream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/file-output-stream;1"] .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIFileOutputStream); outStream.init(file, 0x02 | 0x08 | 0x20, // write, create, truncate 0666, 0); outStream.write(fileData, fileData.length); outStream.close(); let fileHandler = Cc["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getService(Ci.nsIIOService) .getProtocolHandler("file") .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIFileProtocolHandler); let fileURL = fileHandler.getURLSpecFromFile(file); info("Opening url: " + fileURL); let tab = BrowserTestUtils.addTab(gBrowser, fileURL); let browser = gBrowser.getBrowserForTab(tab); await BrowserTestUtils.browserLoaded(browser); let blob = await ContentTask.spawn(browser, file.leafName, function(fileName) { return new content.window.Promise(resolve => { let xhr = new content.window.XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.responseType = "blob"; xhr.open("GET", fileName); xhr.send(); xhr.onload = function() { resolve(xhr.response); } }); }); ok(blob instanceof File, "We have a file"); is(blob.size, file.fileSize, "The size matches"); is(blob.name, file.leafName, "The name is correct"); file.remove(false); gBrowser.removeTab(tab); });