Using Google Cloud Endpoints API over local HTTP

Question

I am using OSX. I have set up my endpoints in my development server. When I visit localhost:8080/_ah/api/explorer, I receive this error message:

The API you are exploring is hosted over HTTP, which can cause problems. Learn how to use Explorer with a local HTTP API.

The link instructs me to start a Chrome session with special flags as follows:

[path-to-Chrome] --user-data-dir=test --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure=http://localhost:port

I am confused about where to input this line? I assumed that it should be entered into the CLI, so I tried it on the terminal:

$ /Applications/GoogleChrome.app --user-data-dir=test --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure=http://localhost:8080

Of course, the response is this:

$ -bash: GoogleChrome.app: command not found

After some research, I found that I can launch a Chrome session using the $ google-chrome command, but this also failed with -bash: google-chrome: command not found.

I also tried to locate Chrome using $ whereis google-chrome, but this returns no response.

Answer 1

Try this: open /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app --args --user-data-dir=test --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure=http://localhost:8080