An app can’t load remote web content in the local context - windows

working on cordova [ windows 8.1 app ] maps api is not loading with error [Error] An app can’t load remote web content in the local context.
causes of issue :
1) google maps loads asyncly
2) windows app doesn't allow dynamic script insertion
3) win app runs in local context and doesn't allow to load anything from web(remote context) see this comment [ http://msopentech.com/blog/2014/09/25/apache-cordova-gains-windows-8-1-and-windows-phone-8-1-support-2-2/#comment-12911 ]
4) getting same error even in an iframe .
define('gmaps',['async!http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?v=3.17&sensor=false&libraries=geometry'],
function(){
// return the gmaps namespace for brevity
return window.google.maps;
});
progress solved :
2) https://github.com/msopentech/winstore-jscompat
4) able to load google map in i frame . now how can i pass google object to parent window ?
Update :
didn't find any solution for this issue
we switched to native app.

When you call a google maps api asynchronously You need put a callback in the end of the url, check this little example:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-simple-async?hl=es
Now, you can play with google maps api with a callback trick defining before call asynchronously:
window["mycallback"] = function(){
return "hello I'm called when all API is loaded :D"
}
And then calling with that url
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?v=3.17&sensor=false&libraries=geometry&callback=mycallback
Try with that, I hope to help with that

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Calls From External Web Components in PWAs [duplicate]

We are running 2 servers. Server 1 hosts a react application. Server 2 hosts a webcomponent exposed as a single javascript bundle along with some assets such as images. We are dynamically loading the webcomponent Javascript hosted on Server 2 in our react app hosted on Server 1. The fact that it is a webcomponent might or might not affect the issue.
What's happening is that the webcomponent makes uses of assets such as images that are located on Server 2. But when the react app loads the webcomponent, the images are not found as its looking for the images locally on Server 1.
We can fix this in many ways. I am looking for the simplest fix. Since Server 1 app and Server 2 apps are being developed by different teams both should be able to develop in the most natural way possible without making allowances for their app being potentially loaded by other apps.
The fixes that I could think of was:
Making use of absolute URLs to load assets - Need to know the deployed location in advance .
Adding a reverse proxy to Server 1 to redirect to Server 2 whenever a particular path is hit - Need to configure this. The React app could load hundreds of webcomponents, viz we need add a lot of reverse proxies.
Embed all assets into the single javascript on Server 2, like embed svgs into the javascript. - Too limiting. If the SVGs are huge and will make the bundle size bigger.
I was hoping to implement something like -
Since the react app knows where to hit Server 2, can't we write some clever javascript that will make the browser go to Server 2 whenever assets are requested by a Javascript loaded by Server 2.
If you download your Web Component via a classic script (<script> with default type="text/javascript") you can retrieve the URL of the loaded file by using document.currentScript.src.
If you download the file as a module script (<script> with type="module"), you can retrieve the URL by using import.meta.url.
Parse then the property to extract the base path to the Web Component.
Example of Web Component Javascript file:
( function ( path ) {
var base = path.slice( 0, path.lastIndexOf( '/' ) )
customElements.define( 'my-comp', class extends HTMLElement {
constructor() {
super()
this.attachShadow( { mode: 'open' } )
.innerHTML = `<img src="${base}/image.png">`
}
} )
} ) ( document.currentScript ? document.currentScript.src : import.meta.url )
How about uploading all required assets to a 3rd location, or maybe an AWS S3 bucket, Google Drive, Dropbox etc.? That way those assets always have a unique, known URL, and both teams can access them independently. As long as the names remain the same, so will the URLs.

How can I authenticate with google inside of a firefox plugin

I'd like to add a calendar entry from my Firefox plugin to the user's Google calendar (with their authorization, of course). Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out how to authenticate with Gapi within the context of the Firefox SDK.
I tried including the client.js from gapi directly as a module in my source, but this isn't effective, since it can't access the window object. My next attempt was something akin to what I do with jQuery - load it in a content script:
googleClient.js
var tabs = require("sdk/tabs");
var self = require('sdk/self');
function initAuth() {
var worker = tabs.activeTab.attach({
url: 'about:blank',
contentScriptFile: [self.data.url('gapi.js'), self.data.url('authContentScript.js')]
});
}
exports.initAuth = initAuth;
main.js:
var googleClient = require('./googleClient');
I get the following problem:
console.error: foxplugin:
Error opening input stream (invalid filename?)
In the ideal situation, it would open a new window in the browser that allows the user to login to Google (similar to what happens when one requests access to the oauth2 endpoint from within a "real" content script).
I had the same problem so I've made an npm plugin for that. It's called addon-google-oauth2 and works for Google OAuth2 tested with AdSense API. It's really simple, it just calls REST APIs for OAuth2. Steps:
Create an OAuth2 client for native application. No web or Android, just native.
If your addon is using jpm ok, if it uses cfx, please migrate to jpm
Download and save the dependency with npm
npm install addon-google-oauth2 --save
Follow the tutorial on the README.md file. It's easy, just two API calls
refreshToken(options,callback);
getToken();
Insert the HTML and JS file on your data/ directory

Use gapi.client javascript to execute my custom Google API

I have a service that is successfully deployed to Google Endpoints and it is accessible through browser.
Now I am trying to load Google API javascript client library to call my services using javascript.
As far as I know, I should do this
gapi.client.load([MY_APP_NAME], 'v1', function() {
var request = gapi.client.[API_NAME].[SERVICE_NAME].[METHOD]();
request.execute(function(jsonResp, rawResp) {...});
);
But I always get an exception at run time complaining about gapi.client.[MY_API_NAME] is undefined. I do the same thing with any Google API (such as Plus) and it works fine. For example, If I load 'plus' API, I will have access to gapi.client.plus... and I can call methods.
Am I missing something? All samples and documents are about Google Service APIs and I could not find a sample for custom APIs (the one that developers write).
I even tried gapi.client.request with different paths (absolute path and relative path) but I get 404 - Not Found error in "status".
var request = gapi.client.request({'path':
'https://[APP_NAME].appspot.com/_ah/api/[SERVICE_NAME]/v1/[METHOD]'
, 'method': 'GET'});
request.execute(function(jsonResp, rawResp) {...});
var request = gapi.client.request({
'path':'/[SERVICE_NAME]/v1/[METHOD]',
'method': 'GET'});
request.execute(function(jsonResp, rawResp) {...});
The problem was a missing parameter in calling gapi.client.load().
I looked at the definition of gapi.client.load at this link https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/javascript/reference/referencedocs#gapiclientload
gapi.client.load(name, version, callback)
which then later I found out is not totally correct and an optional parameter is missing (app_api_root_url).
gapi.client.load(name, version, callback, app_api_root_url)
If the app_api_root_url is missing, the client is loaded for Google Service APIs only (app_api_root_url such as https://myapp.appspot.com/_ah/api)
You can find more details on how to use gapi.client.load() properly at this link https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/endpoints/consume_js
As you can see in the following piece of code, I didn't have ROOT parameter when I was calling gapi.client.load and that is why Google by default was looking at its own service API and obviously could not find my APIs.
var ROOT = 'https://your_app_id.appspot.com/_ah/api';
gapi.client.load('your_api_name', 'v1', function() {
var request = gapi.client.your_api_name.your_method_name();
request.execute(function(jsonResp, rawResp) {
//do the rest of what you need to do
});
}, ROOT);
NOTE: your_app_id is used in ROOT parameter only to load the client script. After loading is done, you will have an object that is named after your API and not your app. That object is like your Java (service) class and you can use to invoke methods directly.

Detect url the user is viewing in chrome/firefox/safari

How can you detect the url that I am browsing in chrome/safari/firefox via cocoa (desktop app)?
As a side but related note, are there any security restrictions when developing a desktop app that the user will be alerted and asked if they want to allow? e.g. if the app accesses their contact information etc.
Looking for a cocoa based solution, not javascript.
I would do this as an extension, and because you would like to target Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, I'd use a cross-browser extension framework like Crossrider.
So go to crossrider.com, set up an account and create a new extension. Then open the background.js file and paste in code like this:
appAPI.ready(function($) {
appAPI.message.addListener({channel: "notifyPageUrl"}, function(msg) {
//Do something, like send an xhr post somewhere
// notifying you of the pageUrl that the user visited.
// The url is contained within msg.pageUrl
});
var opts = { listen: true};
// Note: When defining the callback function, the first parameter is an object that
// contains the page URL, and the second parameter contains the data passed
// to the context of the callback function.
appAPI.webRequest.onBeforeNavigate.addListener(function(details, opaqueData) {
// Where:
// * details.pageUrl is the URL of the tab requesting the page
// * opaqueData is the data passed to the context of the callback function
if(opaqueData.listen){
appAPI.message.toBackground({
msg: details.pageUrl
}, {channel: "notifyPageUrl"});
}
}, opts ); // opts is the opaque parameter that is passed to the callback function
});
Then install the extension! In the example above, nothing is being done with the detected pageUrl that the user is visiting, but you can do whatever you like here - you could send a message to the user, you could restrict access utilizing the cancel or redirectTo return parameters, you could log it locally utilizing the crossrider appAPI.db API or you could send the notification elsewhere, cross-domain, to wherever you like utilizing an XHR request from the background directly.
Hope that helps!
And to answer the question on security issues desktop-side, just note that desktop applications will have the permissions of the user under which they run. So if you are thinking of providing a desktop app that your users will run locally, say something that will detect urls they access by tapping into the network stream using something like winpcap on windows or libpcap on *nix varieties, then just be aware of that - and also that libpcap and friends would have to have access to a network card that can be placed in promiscuous mode in the first place, by the user in question.
the pcap / installed desktop app solutions are pretty invasive - most folks don't want you listening in on literally everything and may actually violate some security policies depending on where your users work - their network administrators may not appreciate you "sniffing", whether that is the actual purpose or not. Security guys can get real spooky so-to-speak on these kinds of topics.
The extension via Crossrider is probably the easiest and least intrusive way of accomplishing your goal if I understand the goal correctly.
One last note, you can get the current tab urls for all tabs using Crossrider's tabs API:
// retrieves the array of tabs
appAPI.tabs.getAllTabs(function(allTabInfo) {
// Display the array
for (var i=0; i<allTabInfo.length; i++) {
console.log(
'tabId: ' + allTabInfo[i].tabId +
' tabUrl: ' + allTabInfo[i].tabUrl
);
}
});
For the tab API, refer to:
http://docs.crossrider.com/#!/api/appAPI.tabs
For the background navigation API:
http://docs.crossrider.com/#!/api/appAPI.webRequest.onBeforeNavigate
And for the messaging:
http://docs.crossrider.com/#!/api/appAPI.message
And for the appAPI.db stuff:
http://docs.crossrider.com/#!/api/appAPI.db
Have you looked into the Scripting Bridge? You could have an app that launches, say, an Applescript which verifies if any of the well known browser is opened and ask them which documents (URL) they are viewing.
Note: It doesn't necessarily need to be an applescript; you can access the Scripting Bridge through cocoa.
It would, however, require the browser to support it. I know Safari supports it but ignore if the others do.
Just as a quick note:
There are ways to do it via AppleScript, and you can easily wrap this code into NSAppleScript calls.
Here's gist with AppleScript commands for Safari and Chrome. Firefox seems to not support AE.
Well obviously this is what I had come across on google.
chrome.tabs.
getSelected
(null,
function
(tab) {
alert
(tab.url);
}) ;
in pure javascript we can use
alert(document.URL);
alert(window.location.href)
function to get current url

Multiple Facebook Canvas Applications within same web application - CanvasAuthorizeAttribute

I am having a problem with running multiple Facebook applications under a single Web application.
Similar to this problem:
Multiple facebook apps under one web application
I do like the solution suggested here, however the CanvasAuthorizeAttribute uses the FacebookApplication.Current internally and this is a static instance of the FB application within the Web application.
I can't call the .SetApplication method within the controller as I will have concurrency issues.
It would be nice if the FacebookApplication.Current called the Func that is passed into the .SetApplication instead of just calling inside of the .SetApplication.
That way I could pass a function that does my logic for retrieving the correct FB application.
Am I missing something that is already in the SDK?
You can always have your own logic at http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/questions/4931240/multiple-facebook-apps-under-one-web-application/4936703#4936703
private IFacebookApplication Current
{
get
{
var url = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;
var app = GetSettingsForUrl(url);
// put your custom logic here and return the appropriate IFacebookApplication
return app;
}
}
But you should do this during Application_Start where it is still running on a single thread and not in Controller.

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