LanguageTool for Safari?

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My local server works fine in Chrome - don’t work in Safari.

I use command:
docker run --rm -p 8010:8010 silviof/docker-languagetool

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Could you check whether Docker is the cause of the problem by running LT directly?

java -cp languagetool-server.jar org.languagetool.server.HTTPServer --port 8010 --public --allow-origin '*'

Also, does it work if you specify https://api11.languagetool.org/v2 as the server in the settings?

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I can’t check this now (installing java etc.). If I specify https://api11.languagetool.org/v2 in settings all works great.

EDIT: My bet - maybe Safari needs secure (https://) connection? Even if it’s local.

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Yes, I think lack of HTTPS is what’s causing the issue.

I got it to work after setting a reverse proxy (Caddy, using these instructions HTTPS in Development) and changing the extension’s setting to use “Other server” (and setting it to https://localhost:8082/v2).

I wish Safari made it easier to find the issue.

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How to open internal editor in Safari tab?
Something like URL chrome-extension://oldceeleldhonbafppcapldpdifcinji/validator/validator.html in Chrome?

I found URL safari-extension://{some ID}/{some ID}/validator/validator.html, but it’s not working. I can type text, but it is not checked by LanguageTool.

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IIRC, there’s no item for LT in the context menu in Safari, is it? Thus, this feature isn’t accessible and has never been tested, I guess.

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I’ve tried to install it as a Web Extension for Safari on iPadOS but it seems to be incompatible so far. Any chance to port it to iPadOS ?

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It’s on our wishlist, but I can’t make any promises about when we’ll work on it.