It doesn't work with local files.

[Alex]

It just doesn't download anything when used with local html files.

[Amey Rathi]

Facing the same issue

[Steve Sewell]

Hey all - you'll want to use the chrome extension for capturing local files

Please feel free to reopen this if that does not work for you

[Gregory Hill]

@steve8708 I'm using the chrome extension and have the same issue. For local html files opened in the browser the chrome extension simply says "Done" and doesn't download a figma .json file

[Pat Mächler]

Same here.
I tested this as I wanted to easily screencap a HTML mail from Outlook.
However it wasn't related to the special format (*.mht) or that I was relying on Edge.
It was just related to the fact, that the extension can't be used with local files;
possibly a security safeguard that applies to everyone?

I worked around it by using a local http server (I opted for https://www.uwamp.com/ )

[Pat Mächler]

@steve8708 Normal GitHub users can't reopen this issue BTW; we could only repost it ;-)

[Steve Sewell]

ah! thanks @valioDOTch, reopenning

[Steve Sewell]

yeah for anyone interested - in the interim before we find a fix here, a local HTTP server should really help. I often use http-server for this

so if your file is something like site/page.html

assuming you have nodejs installed, from your terminal you can just run

npx http-server ./site

and then that'll host your local file(s) on http://localhost:8080/page.html and then you can use the chrome extension against that URL

hope this helps!