Google Places API behaves unexpectedly for a specific type of search.
I thought that the API returns a list of all places that is related to a query when 'type' is not specified but that doesn't seem to be the case. I get different (non-overlapping) results for the requests below, using same query "bergamo8":
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/xml?query=bergamo8&key=API_KEY
<PlaceSearchResponse>
<status>OK</status>
<result>
<name>Bergamo</name>
<type>locality</type>
<type>political</type>
<formatted_address>Bergamo, Province of Bergamo, Italy</formatted_address>
<geometry>
<location>
<lat>45.6982642</lat>
<lng>9.6772698</lng>
</location>
<viewport>
<southwest>
<lat>45.6625158</lat>
<lng>9.6205463</lng>
</southwest>
<northeast>
<lat>45.7238489</lat>
<lng>9.7136328</lng>
</northeast>
</viewport>
</geometry>
<icon>
https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/geocode-71.png
</icon>
<reference>
CmRbAAAA8T_6nvUrkTUF85gJtkVtFdbUccfYlcxVOziiUZ_HAsWHdySDg8cdPKvQD2wMjMx2oPc17nn4R3YaQDXbKViVyxHHf1qgWVwJ3yUHGygud4hUnY9aADoHSH-8U1l3xdaNEhD_SrAbwT9WGEQIedHS67AQGhTowbrLa_4LvWMfYSekJlYzOVyj5w
</reference>
<id>89666d6c7fc59efec1788477617d124d59a254f9</id>
<photo>
<photo_reference>
CmRaAAAAAFWrmgCoXKoske2yxr9a6EkTDMlL59VTQ2bJ_SWzLxGT5itDjXLegV1Geliqilz70Ve3fekX9LUa46NcdVWPCKFGw8P1XniuDx8ZSyoNhObzrFTkgOI6TajtzqaOyG8fEhCnQYNCt4A19laWACC_c4OnGhQxg1rTA9mRBcgZlN_iMt4dViX6HQ
</photo_reference>
<width>2560</width>
<height>1536</height>
<html_attribution>
Barbara Grassi
</html_attribution>
</photo>
<place_id>ChIJc65ivBFRgUcR0aTlC4_LL9M</place_id>
</result>
</PlaceSearchResponse>
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/xml?query=bergamo8&type=lodging&key=API_KEY
<PlaceSearchResponse>
<status>OK</status>
<result>
<name>Bergamo8</name>
<type>lodging</type>
<type>point_of_interest</type>
<type>establishment</type>
<formatted_address>
Piazza della Repubblica, 3, 24122 Bergamo BG, Italy
</formatted_address>
<geometry>
<location>
<lat>45.6979060</lat>
<lng>9.6674570</lng>
</location>
<viewport>
<southwest>
<lat>45.6965483</lat>
<lng>9.6660933</lng>
</southwest>
<northeast>
<lat>45.6992480</lat>
<lng>9.6687930</lng>
</northeast>
</viewport>
</geometry>
<rating>4.0</rating>
<icon>
https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/lodging-71.png
</icon>
<reference>
CmRbAAAAciLhIMD6BUcnZrkiI3og5zkv8iufp0MXe1UJ48ZnBZgc37dyohrPK8SuBVIl9vtnMaeuqiS1rRUq1IcfoK9Y-DKQj17jsK0QttB-2Q5PICXtL23ZOFABZwPKFMCHvoGSEhC2tTX2oEUtdtvJJElkvA24GhRxoVbZjb2mIzhlLwzZYZKfvcTN3A
</reference>
<id>443bfff8822b1f589bffc27a4e4f9e3201e99200</id>
<opening_hours>
<open_now>true</open_now>
</opening_hours>
<photo>
<photo_reference>
CmRaAAAAW37hcFzSRR3TQWPggrDHh7g5nizXfCmtKuif8y-nX4_q6oQdt7GHNWe5YPOrrqcSfs_1a0opZHnFzV1QBBbh1RYNN4D41yTzM03VpGtIpamTNWY9Gyyv7oAi3p4r460SEhAAqvPQOxucRXoKwmmsTmE4GhQ3wybwAY9EmBKDd6uprFgHq_QiEA
</photo_reference>
<width>2048</width>
<height>1335</height>
<html_attribution>
Bergamo8
</html_attribution>
</photo>
<place_id>ChIJhfjVaxFRgUcRolpKS-72w8M</place_id>
</result>
</PlaceSearchResponse>
Does anyone know if this is a bug or if there is a way to retrieve all types of places related to a query?
Thanks!
I am using Yii2 REST with ActiveController to create a new Pessoa(), on Apache works fine , but on IIS 8 an error occurs.
Does anyone know of any configuration in IIS?
REQUEST
Request URL:http://10.192.1.145/api/pessoa
Request Method:POST
Status Code:201 Created
Remote Address:10.192.1.145
Referrer Policy:no-referrer-when-downgrade
RESPONSE
<head><title>Document Moved</title></head>
<body><h1>Object Moved</h1>This document may be found
here</body>{"id":"21"}
I had a similar issue to this. It seems to be related to FastCGI. Not sure about it. I know it happens when setting response headers to 201 http status code (this line in source code) which get changed by IIS later. If you have access to server try those solutions:
W7 Pro IIS 7.5 overwrites PHP Location: Header (solved)
In my case I had only FTP access to server so I overridden the Create Action by something like what follows to force a 200 status code instead of 201:
public function actions()
{
$actions = parent::actions();
unset($actions['create']);
return $actions;
}
public function actionCreate() {
$model = new Pessoa();
$model->load(Yii::$app->getRequest()->getBodyParams(), '');
if ($model->save() === false && !$model->hasErrors()) {
throw new ServerErrorHttpException('Failed to update the object for unknown reason.');
}
return $model;
}
Just in case somebody else needs to keep the status code and remove only the response part added by IIS, this is what I did to solve my problem. You may need adapt it to your needs, though:
<!-- PS: In my case, i just had a one line HEAD and a one line BODY being added. -->
<outboundRules>
<rule name="Remove the tag HEAD" preCondition="isStatus201">
<match filterByTags="None" pattern="^\<head\>.*?$" />
<action type="Rewrite" value="" />
</rule>
<rule name="Remove the tag BODY" preCondition="isStatus201">
<match filterByTags="None" pattern="^\<body\>.*?\</body\>" />
<action type="Rewrite" value="" />
</rule>
<preConditions>
<preCondition name="isStatus201">
<add input="{RESPONSE_STATUS}" pattern="^201$" />
</preCondition>
</preConditions>
</outboundRules>
Tested in IIS 8.5;
Hope it helps somebody else.
In fact, I was able to optimize the RegEx so that a single rule catches all the lines up the closing body tag:
<outboundRules>
<rule name="Remove injected 201 content" preCondition="Status 201">
<match filterByTags="None" pattern="^(?:.*[\r\n]*)*.*</body>" />
<action type="Rewrite" value="" />
</rule>
<preConditions>
<preCondition name="Status 201" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
<add input="{RESPONSE_STATUS}" pattern="201" ignoreCase="false" />
</preCondition>
</preConditions>
</outboundRules>
We have developed a site with multiple controllers that accept GET and POST and return views and JSON, and everything works fine in our Development environment.
But on the client's acceptance server we have an issue: all the GETs return well their results, but the POSTs return an error described here by John West. The Stacktrace is identical.
System.InvalidOperationException: Could not invoke action method: askquestion. Controller name: Assistance. Controller type: [Namespace].Assistance.Controllers.AssistanceController
We use the approach of defining the route for each controller:
<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
<sitecore>
<pipelines>
<initialize>
<processor type="[Namespace].Assistance.Pipelines.RegisterWebApiRoutes, [Namespace].Assistance"
patch:before="processor[#type='Sitecore.Mvc.Pipelines.Loader.InitializeRoutes, Sitecore.Mvc']" />
</initialize>
</pipelines>
</sitecore>
</configuration>
The processor is like this:
public class RegisterWebApiRoutes
{
public void Process(PipelineArgs args)
{
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute(
name: "Assistance.Api",
url: "api/assistance/{action}",
defaults:new {controller = "Assistance" });
}
}
The action method is like this
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AskQuestion(AskQuestionViewModel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
....
return View("Confirmation");
}
else
{
return View(model);
}
}
What is happening? Somehow Sitecore blocks AJAX POST requests. Definitely, this is the configuration issue. Where should I look?
OK, I have found the source of the issue.
They had URL Rewrite Module with one rule: LowerCaseRule1 (or it may be any other). But when it made it's work, the request turned to GET. Then the controller could not find the corresponding GET action and voila: could not invoke the action method.
I simply added the exception in rewrite rules and it worked.
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="LowerCaseRule1" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="[A-Z]" ignoreCase="false" />
<action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="{ToLower:{URL}}" />
<conditions>
<add input="{URL}" pattern="^.*\.(axd|ashx|asmx|lic|ico|swf|less|aspx|ascx|css|js|jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$" negate="true" ignoreCase="true" />
<!-- here is my exception -->
<add input="{URL}" pattern="/api/assistance" negate="true" />
</conditions>
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
as per title, can someone help?
just an example:
<system.ftpServer>
<security>
<ipSecurity>
<add ipAddress="1.2.3.4" subnetMask="255.255.255.0" />
</ipSecurity>
</security>
</system.ftpServer>
I would like to add a tag as the first element to stop the elements delegated from its parent.
and a after as well.
So it will look like this:
<system.ftpServer>
<security>
<ipSecurity>
<clear />
<remove ipAddress="1.1.1.1" />
<add ipAddress="1.2.3.4" subnetMask="255.255.255.0" />
</ipSecurity>
</security>
</system.ftpServer>
Without resorting to xml manipulation, the following answer may help you get started with this problem:
Add a 'clear' element to WebDAV authoringRules using powershell
This approach might not be recommended but if you want to do it using xml then here is how you can do it.
$filepath = "C:\scripts\so\webdavconfig.xml"
$xml = [xml](get-Content -Path $filepath)
$elem = $xml.CreateElement("clear");
$elem2 = $xml.CreateElement("remove");
$attr = $xml.CreateAttribute("ipAddress");
$attr.Value="1.1.1.1";
$elem2.Attributes.Append($attr);
$xmlnode = $xml."system.ftpserver".security.ipSecurity
$xmlnode.AppendChild($elem);
$xmlnode.AppendChild($elem2);
$xml.Save($filepath);
$xml."system.ftpserver".security.ipSecurity
I have a simple form that posts to an HttpPost action method, which returns its corresponding view. My issue is that I'm getting a 404 Not Found error. Oddly enough, if I change the form method and the attribute on the action method to a GET, then it works and the TestMethod view is displayed.
It seems I'm missing something for using POST, but my posts in other controllers work fine (e.g. account login and registration). Note the AllowAnonymous attribute is a custom attribute to be able to specify the controllers or actions that allow anonymous access, as opposed to specifying (via the Authorize attr) the controllers or actions that require authorization. I guess nothing is impossible, but I don't think that has anything to do with my issue. Any thoughts on what is wrong?
FORM:
#using (Html.BeginForm("TestMethod", "Test", FormMethod.Post, new { #id = "testForm" })) {
<fieldset>
<legend>Test Form</legend>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</fieldset>
}
CONTROLLER ACTION:
[AllowAnonymous]
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult TestMethod() {
return View();
}
VIEW:
<h2>TestMethod</h2>
<p>HttpPost method was successful.</p>
REGISTER ROUTES METHOD FROM Global.asax.cs:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
routes.IgnoreRoute("favicon.ico");
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
// About
routes.MapRoute(
"About", // Route name
"about", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "About" } // Parameter defaults
);
// Faq
routes.MapRoute(
"Faq", // Route name
"faq", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Faq" } // Parameter defaults
);
// Glossary
routes.MapRoute(
"Glossary", // Route name
"glossary", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Glossary" } // Parameter defaults
);
// Register
routes.MapRoute(
"Register", // Route name
"register", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Account", action = "Register" } // Parameter defaults
);
// LogIn
routes.MapRoute(
"LogIn", // Route name
"login/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Account", action = "LogOn", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
"LogOn", // Route name
"logon/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Account", action = "LogOn", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
// Default
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
}
AUTHORIZE ATTRIBUTE CODE:
// AllowAnonymousAttribute class
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
public sealed class AllowAnonymousAttribute : Attribute { }
// GlobalAuthorize class
public sealed class GlobalAuthorize : AuthorizeAttribute {
public override void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext) {
bool skipAuthorization =
filterContext.ActionDescriptor.IsDefined(typeof(AllowAnonymousAttribute), true) ||
filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ControllerDescriptor.IsDefined(typeof(AllowAnonymousAttribute), true);
if (!skipAuthorization) base.OnAuthorization(filterContext);
}
}
// RedirectAuthorizeAttribute class
public class RedirectAuthorizeAttribute : AuthorizeAttribute {
public string RedirectUrl { get; set; }
protected override void HandleUnauthorizedRequest(AuthorizationContext filterContext) {
filterContext.Result = new RedirectResult(RedirectUrl);
}
}
GLOBAL FILTERS:
public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters) {
filters.Add(new RequireHttpsAttribute());
filters.Add(new GlobalAuthorize());
filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}
ROUTE REWRITING RULES:
<rewrite>
<rules>
<!-- Block all requests made to a website that do not have the host header set. -->
<rule name="Fail bad requests" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="localhost" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="AbortRequest" />
</rule>
<!-- Remove trailing slash from all incoming requests. -->
<rule name="Remove trailing slash" stopProcessing="false">
<match url="(.*)/$" />
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="{R:1}" />
</rule>
<!-- Convert all requests to all lowercase. -->
<rule name="Convert to lowercase" stopProcessing="false">
<match url=".*[A-Z].*" ignoreCase="false" />
<action type="Redirect" url="{ToLower:{R:0}}" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>
<!-- Any URL with (HTTPS == OFF) and (HTTP_HOST with colon) -> use for development testing. -->
<rule name="Development redirect to HTTPS" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" ignoreCase="true" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" trackAllCaptures="true">
<add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" />
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="([^/:]*?):[^/]*?" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="https://{C:1}:44300{URL}" />
</rule>
<!-- Redirect any HTTP request to HTTPS. -->
<rule name="Redirect to HTTPS" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="^OFF$" ignoreCase="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
I think I finally found the culprit. First of all, I'll concede that, knowing now what the issue was, the title of this question isn't very accurate. The problem mostly dealt with a rule rewrite in Web.config. Until responding to others' comments for this question, I had completely forgotten about the rule rewrites, which is why I hadn't checked them out further to begin with.
Anyway, the issue was a rule that rewrote URLs to all lowercase. I knew my account registration and login forms were working fine, so I checked them out and noticed that their Html.BeginForm statements were parameterless, which, evidently results in a lowercase url being generated. I tried parameterless POST request for my test method, and it worked. Then, I tried using parameters for action and controller in the Html.BeginForm statement, but this time I entered them as lowercase strings: Html.BeginForm("testmethod", "test"...). Sure enough, it, too, worked just fine, and the page source showed the form action as lowercase.
To fix my problem, I just had to set a condition to not match POST requests: <add input="{REQUEST_METHOD}" matchType="Pattern" pattern="POST" negate="true" />. Note that the issue was not the lowercase rule specifically, but rather that the POST request was being redirected. I found one blog that discusses the issue of POST redirects being converted to GETs and resulting in errors, which is exaclty what I was experiencing. It's a couple years old, but apparently it's still pertinent info.
At any rate, I'm now back up and running. Thanks to all who threw in their two cents.
P.S. As I'm closing browser tabs and concluding my search, I figured I'd link to this SO question, as it is definitely related to my issue.
I tested your code just now. I initially got redirected for not using HTTPS so I disabled this attribute, but after that your code worked.
Here's my logical deducting...
If HTTPS was the problem, you wouldn't be getting a 404.
If you weren't logged in, you would be redirected to the login page.
The only thing I can think of is that your controller is either not named "TestController" or that your controller is in an area and you forget to supply this area with the BeginForm. Is it one of these by any chance?