# Where is the usage documentation? (or: how do I browse / open a document)

**URL:** <https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/where-is-the-usage-documentation-or-how-do-i-browse-open-a-document/4305>\
**Category:** User Support\
**Tags:** english-en\
**Created:** [December 14, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/where-is-the-usage-documentation-or-how-do-i-browse-open-a-document/4305 "2025-12-14T12:50:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BlazingTwist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@BlazingTwist](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/BlazingTwist)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/where-is-the-usage-documentation-or-how-do-i-browse-open-a-document/4305/1 "2025-12-14T12:50:44Z")

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**What I hope to get out of this:**

- learn how to enable local storage for the docker image
- a list of URL endpoints that are available in collabora/code
- a list of required URL-parameters for those endpoints

**What I’m trying to do:**

- Open any document using collabora/code.
- I’m not using any extra integrations, I **don’t** intend to set up a WOPI server.

**What I’ve done so far:**

- I followed [this guide](https://sdk.collaboraonline.com/docs/installation/CODE_Docker_image.html) to set up a docker-compose.yml for collabora/code

- 

> **This is my docker-compose.yml**
>
> ```yaml
> services:
> code:
> tty: true
> ports:
> - 9980:9980
> image: collabora/code
> restart: always
> volumes:
> - ./etc_coolwsd:/etc/coolwsd
> - /mnt/nas1:/mnt/nas1
> 
> ```

- I discovered `/hosting/discovery` thanks to the ‘How to integrate’ section of the guide.

- I discovered the `file_path` URL-Parameter in a reddit post (ugh).

- I eventually discovered the admin page ‘`/browser/dist/admin/admin.html`‘ [here](https://sdk.collaboraonline.com/docs/installation/Configuration.html#admin-console).

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**Author:** ![darshan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/darshan/32/2230_2.png) [@darshan](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/darshan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/where-is-the-usage-documentation-or-how-do-i-browse-open-a-document/4305/2 "2025-12-16T07:03:02Z")

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hi @BlazingTwist

This is not supported.

`collabora/code` cannot open local filesystem files and cannot work without a WOPI server.  
Local storage is disabled at build time, not via `coolwsd.xml`, which is why you see:

```auto
Local Storage is disabled in this build
Wrong or missing WOPISrc parameter

```

The editor **always requires `WOPISrc`**. Parameters like `file_path=` do not work in the official Docker image.

**What you can do:**

- Use a WOPI host (Nextcloud, Seafile, etc.)
- Write a minimal WOPI bridge to your filesystem
- Build a custom Collabora Online with local storage enabled

**What you cannot do:**

- Open `/mnt/nas1/test.xlsx` directly
- Use CODE as a standalone editor
- Enable filesystem access only via config

This behavior is expected and by design.

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**Author:** ![BlazingTwist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@BlazingTwist](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/BlazingTwist)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/where-is-the-usage-documentation-or-how-do-i-browse-open-a-document/4305/3 "2025-12-17T21:44:26Z")

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Thanks for confirming my suspicions @darshan

I eventually got `cs3org/wopiserver` to play ball with collabora/code.

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**Author:** ![darshan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/darshan/32/2230_2.png) [@darshan](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/darshan)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/where-is-the-usage-documentation-or-how-do-i-browse-open-a-document/4305/4 "2025-12-18T05:26:02Z")

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