I am building an iOS app with Swift2.0, XCode 7.2
I am trying to make an api call to:
htttp://xyz.com/t/restaurants-us?KEY=someKey&filters={"locality":{"$eq":"miami"}}
let endPoint:String = "htttp://xyz.com/t/restaurants-us?KEY=someKey&filters={%22locality%22:{%22$eq%22:%22miami%22}}"
When I try to create an URL using this string(endPoint):
let url = NSURL(string: endPoint), a nil is returned.
So I tried encoding the string before trying to create URL:
let encodedString = endPoint.stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters(NSCharacterSet.URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet())
Now the encodedString:
"htttp://xyz.com/t/restaurants-us?KEY=someKey&filters=%7B%2522locality%2522:%7B%2522$eq%2522:%2522miami%2522%7D%7D"
But now when i create a NSURL session and send the request, I get an unexpected response from the server:
Reply from server:
{
"error_type" = InvalidJsonArgument;
message = "Parameter 'filters' contains an error in its JSON syntax. For documentation, please see: http://developer.factual.com.";
status = error;
version = 3;
}
So if I don't encode the string, I will not be able to create NSURL.
But if I encode and send the request, the server is not able to handle the request.
Can anyone please suggest a workaround.
When you declare endpoint, you have already percent-encoded some characters (the quotes). When you ask iOS to percent-encode it, it percent-encodes the percent-encodes. Decoding the encodedString results in:
htttp://xyz.com/t/restaurants-us?KEY=someKey&filters={%22locality%22:{%22$eq%22:%22miami%22}}
Instead, you should start with actual quotes in endpoint:
let endPoint:String = "htttp://xyz.com/t/restaurants-us?KEY=someKey&filters={\"locality\":{\"$eq\":\"miami\"}}"
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I make a http request for the below URL :
I got below err msg:
Optional (Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain code = 256)
The file image could not be opened.
File URL
code
let myURLString ="http://portal-webserver-xxx-1025638813.ap-southeast-1.xxx.amazonaws.com/smart/images/xxx.html "
let myURL = NSURL(string:myURLString)
let myHTML :NSString?
myHMTL = NSString(contentsOfURL:myURL!,encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding)
I want to get the HTML file from the url. The code is using older swift version, what I need to use. please help.
Thanks.
I'm trying to query my Server 2012 Essentials R2 server to determine the most recent Client Backup time for a given Device, so I can display nag screens at signon for forgetful users. (They're on laptops, so I can't depend on the machine being available during the automatic window.)
The closest thing in the way of documentation I've been able to find is this: (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj713757.aspx)
GET services/builtin/DeviceManagement.svc/devices/index/{index}/count/{count}
But it requires a preceding call to get the token: (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj713753.aspx)
GET https://www.contoso.com/services/builtin/session.svc/login HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Host: servername
Authorization: Basic VXNlcjpQYXNzd29yZCE=
AppName: Sample App Name
AppPublisher: publisher
AppVersion: 1.0
Does anyone know what the values for those last three headers should be—or how to discover them—for a standard WSE 2012 R2 installation? The documentation provides no assistance here.
Or if someone knows a better way to accomplish this, please let me know.
OK, I got it working. The code is below.
As it turns out, the value of the AppName header is irrelevant—it can be any string, but it can't be empty.
I already knew it couldn't be empty from a look at the WSE source in Wssg.WebApi.Framework in the GAC, but the code is decoupled to the point that it's next to impossible to find out what process picks up the the RemoteConnectionClientInfo object once it gets dropped into the HTTP session.
The part that was misleading me was—go figure—the documentation itself.
There's a bang (!) after the password on the Authentication page, suggesting that it should trail the actual password prior to encoding. This was why I was getting an authentication error, which in turn I was (mistakenly) attributing to the statement in the documentation: "Add Appname, Apppublisher, and Appversion values in HTTP header fields. These values are also required to log on."
So once I cleared all that up, I sailed right in.
And there are other errors in the documentation. On the Devices page we are told that the Host header should be set to the domain name, and that a Content-Length header should be added.
These are both incorrect. The Host header should be the server's hostname and there should be no Content-Length header (that's a response header, not a request header).
AND...! After all this, I find that the Device info returned doesn't contain the most recent backup time. I'll have to dig further for that. But at least now I can connect.
So Microsoft's incomplete, inaccurate and sloppy documentation has cost me a day's work. Hopefully somebody else can use this and avoid the pain I went through.
Module Main
Public Sub Main()
Dim aCredentials() As Byte
Dim _
oAuthenticateUri,
oDeviceListUri As Uri
Dim _
sCanary,
sCookie,
sDevices As String
aCredentials = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes($"{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}")
Using oClient As New HttpClient
oAuthenticateUri = New Uri($"https://{HOST}/services/builtin/session.svc/login")
oDeviceListUri = New Uri($"https://{HOST}/services/builtin/devicemanagement.svc/devices/index/0/count/99")
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(New MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/xml"))
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = New AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(aCredentials))
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Host = HOST
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("AppPublisher", String.Empty)
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("AppVersion", String.Empty)
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("AppName", "None")
Using oAuthenticateResponse As HttpResponseMessage = oClient.GetAsync(oAuthenticateUri).Result
If oAuthenticateResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode Then
sCanary = oAuthenticateResponse.Headers.Single(Function(Pair) Pair.Key = CANARY_HEADER).Value(0)
sCookie = Split(oAuthenticateResponse.Headers.Single(Function(Pair) Pair.Key = COOKIE_HEADER).Value(0), ";")(0)
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear()
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Host = HOST
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(CANARY_HEADER, sCanary)
oClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(COOKIE_HEADER, sCookie)
Using oDeviceListResponse As HttpResponseMessage = oClient.GetAsync(oDeviceListUri).Result
If oDeviceListResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode Then
sDevices = oDeviceListResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync.Result
Else
Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", oDeviceListResponse.StatusCode, oDeviceListResponse.ReasonPhrase)
End If
End Using
Else
Console.WriteLine("{0} ({1})", oAuthenticateResponse.StatusCode, oAuthenticateResponse.ReasonPhrase)
End If
End Using
End Using
End Sub
Private Const CANARY_HEADER As String = "Canary"
Private Const COOKIE_HEADER As String = "Set-Cookie"
Private Const USERNAME As String = "domain.admin"
Private Const PASSWORD As String = "admin.password"
Private Const HOST As String = "server"
End Module
I have the following Business Process defined within a Production on an Intersystems Cache Installation
/// Makes a call to Merlin based on the message sent to it from the pre-processor
Class sgh.Process.MerlinProcessor Extends Ens.BusinessProcess [ ClassType = persistent, ProcedureBlock ]
{
Property WorkingDirectory As %String;
Property WebServer As %String;
Property CacheServer As %String;
Property Port As %String;
Property Location As %String;
Parameter SETTINGS = "WorkingDirectory,WebServer,Location,Port,CacheServer";
Method OnRequest(pRequest As sgh.Message.MerlinTransmissionRequest, Output pResponse As Ens.Response) As %Status
{
Set tSC=$$$OK
Do ##class(sgh.Utils.Debug).LogDebugMsg("Packaging an HTTP request for Saved form "_pRequest.DateTimeSaved)
Set dateTimeSaved = pRequest.DateTimeSaved
Set patientId = pRequest.PatientId
Set latestDateTimeSaved = pRequest.LatestDateTimeSaved
Set formName = pRequest.FormName
Set formId = pRequest.FormId
Set episodeNumber = pRequest.EpisodeNumber
Set sentElectronically = pRequest.SentElectronically
Set styleSheet = pRequest.PrintName
Do ##class(sgh.Utils.Debug).LogDebugMsg("Creating HTTP Request Class")
set HTTPReq = ##class(%Net.HttpRequest).%New()
Set HTTPReq.Server = ..WebServer
Set HTTPReq.Port = ..Port
do HTTPReq.InsertParam("DateTimeSaved",dateTimeSaved)
do HTTPReq.InsertParam("HospitalNumber",patientId)
do HTTPReq.InsertParam("Episode",episodeNumber)
do HTTPReq.InsertParam("Stylesheet",styleSheet)
do HTTPReq.InsertParam("Server",..CacheServer)
Set Status = HTTPReq.Post(..Location,0) Quit:$$$ISERR(tSC)
Do ##class(sgh.Utils.Debug).LogDebugMsg("Sent the following request: "_Status)
Quit tSC
}
}
The thing is when I check the debug value (which is defined as a global) all I get is the number '1' - I have no idea therefore if the request has succeeded or even what is wrong (if it has not)
What do I need to do to find out
A) What is the actual web call being made?
B) What the response is?
There is a really slick way to get the answer the two questions you've asked, regardless of where you're using the code. Check the documentation out on the %Net.HttpRequest object here: http://docs.intersystems.com/ens20102/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=GNET_http and the class reference here: http://docs.intersystems.com/ens20102/csp/documatic/%25CSP.Documatic.cls?APP=1&LIBRARY=ENSLIB&CLASSNAME=%25Net.HttpRequest
The class reference for the Post method has a parameter called test, that will do what you're looking for. Here's the excerpt:
method Post(location As %String = "", test As %Integer = 0, reset As %Boolean = 1) as %Status
Issue the Http 'post' request, this is used to send data to the web server such as the results of a form, or upload a file. If this completes correctly the response to this request will be in the HttpResponse. The location is the url to request, e.g. '/test.html'. This can contain parameters which are assumed to be already URL escaped, e.g. '/test.html?PARAM=%25VALUE' sets PARAM to %VALUE. If test is 1 then instead of connecting to a remote machine it will just output what it would have send to the web server to the current device, if test is 2 then it will output the response to the current device after the Post. This can be used to check that it will send what you are expecting. This calls Reset automatically after reading the response, except in test=1 mode or if reset=0.
I recommend moving this code to a test routine to view the output properly in terminal. It would look something like this:
// To view the REQUEST you are sending
Set sc = request.Post("/someserver/servlet/webmethod",1)
// To view the RESPONSE you are receiving
Set sc = request.Post("/someserver/servlet/webmethod",2)
// You could also do something like this to parse your RESPONSE stream
Write request.HttpResponse.Data.Read()
I believe the answer you want to A) is in the Server and Location properties of your %Net.HttpRequest object (e.g., HTTPReq.Server and HTTPReq.Location).
For B), the response information should be in the %Net.HttpResponse object stored in the HttpResponse property (e.g. HTTPReq.HttpResponse) after your call is completed.
I hope this helps!
-Derek
(edited for formatting)
From that code sample it looks like you're using Ensemble, not straight-up Cache.
In that case you should be doing this HTTP call in a Business Operation that uses the HTTP Outbound Adapter, not in your Business Process.
See this link for more info on HTTP Adapters:
http://docs.intersystems.com/ens20102/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=EHTP
You should also look into how to use the Ensemble Message Browser. That should help with your logging needs.
I am doing a video crawler in ruby. In there I have to log in to a page by enabling cookies and download pages. For that I am using the CURL library in ruby. I can successfully log in, but I can't download the pages inside that with curl. How can I fix this or download the pages otherwise?
My code is
curl = Curl::Easy.new(1st url)
curl.follow_location = true
curl.enable_cookies = true
curl.cookiefile = "cookie.txt"
curl.cookiejar = "cookie.txt"
curl.http_post(1st url,field)
curl.perform
curl = Curl::Easy.perform(2nd url)
curl.follow_location = true
curl.enable_cookies = true
curl.cookiefile = "cookie.txt"
curl.cookiejar = "cookie.txt"
curl.http_get
code = curl.body_str
What I've seen in writing my own similar "post-then-get" script is that ruby/Curb (I'm using version 0.7.15 with ruby 1.8) seems to ignore the cookiejar/cookiefile fields of a Curl::Easy object. If I set either of those fields and the http_post completes successfully, no cookiejar or cookiefile file is created. Also, curl.cookies will still be nil after your curl.http_post, however, the cookies ARE set within the curl object. I promise :)
I think where you're going wrong is here:
curl = Curl::Easy.perform(2nd url)
The curb documentation states that this creates a new object. That new object doesn't have any of your existing cookies set. If you change your code to look like the following, I believe it should work. I've also removed the curl.perform for the first url since curl.http_post already implicitly does the "perform". You were basically http_post'ing twice before trying your http_get.
curl = Curl::Easy.new(1st url)
curl.follow_location = true
curl.enable_cookies = true
curl.http_post(1st url,field)
curl.url = 2nd url
curl.http_get
code = curl.body_str
If this still doesn't seem to be working for you, you can verify if the cookie is getting set by adding
curl.verbose = true
Before
curl.http_post
Your Curl::Easy object will dump all the headers that it gets in the response from the server to $stdout, and somewhere in there you should see a line stating that it added/set a cookie. I don't have any example output right now but I'll try to post a follow-up soon.
HTTPClient automatically enables cookies, as does Mechanize.
From the HTTPClient docs:
clnt = HTTPClient.new
clnt.get_content(url1) # receives Cookies.
clnt.get_content(url2) # sends Cookies if needed.
Posting a form is easy too:
body = { 'keyword' => 'ruby', 'lang' => 'en' }
res = clnt.post(uri, body)
Mechanize makes this sort of thing really simple (It will handle storing the cookies, among other things).
I have been trying to write a simple ftp client using c# in .NET 2.0 for 3 days now and am
missing something. I I create an ftpWebRequest object and set all its properies.
string uri = host + remoteFile;
System.Net.FtpWebRequest ftp = (FtpWebRequest)(FtpWebRequest.Create(uri));
ftp.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, password);
ftp.KeepAlive = false;
ftp.UseBinary = true;
ftp.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile;
But when I go to get the stream, it fails...
System.IO.Stream strm = ftp.GetRequestStream();
Here is the error: "System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (501) Syntax error in parameters or arguments."
This method SHOULD return the stream I need to write to and many examples do exactly this. I'm not sure what I'm missing. My host looks like this: "ftp://myhostname/" and I've triple checked my credentials.
Please help!
may be ftp.UseBinary = true; is not supported by server?
You are missing the "/" after the host:
string uri = host + "/" + remoteFile;
and the remote file string should look like this: file.txt without any path.