Flash + fancy uploader.. have to click twice on firefox - ajax

http://digitarald.de/project/fancyupload/3-0/showcase/attach-a-file/
That's the uploader plugin I'm using.
If you go there in firefox, you'll notice you have to click "attach a file" twice before it works. It seems to work fine in every other browser (that I've tested).
it's creating a flash object, and I'm not sure how to go about making it so you only click once in FF.

I'm not familiar with mooTools, but have you tried something like this? (attempted to write it in mooTools, but have no idea what I'm doing).
$('uploadLink').addEvent('click', function(){
if(Browser.firefox) $('uploadLink').fireEvent('click');
});
or I suppose if it has to wait for the flash to be created, something like this:
$('uploadLink').addEvent('click', function(){
if(Browser.firefox){
var flashTimer = setTimeout(function(){
clearTimeout(flashTimer);
/// or however you make sure the flash has successfully been added to the page
if($('flashContainer').getElements().length) $('uploadLink').fireEvent('click');
},100);
}
});
There's always the possibility that FF's security measures won't let you do something like this (mouse interactions with flash can be potentially harmful, as flash has FS access and stuff).
Depending on what your backend is, I'm highly in favor of skipping flash for file uploads when possible. One very well written plugin for such a task is available here:
http://valums.com/ajax-upload/
Good luck!

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How does React deal with pre-compiled HTML from PhantomJS?

I compiled my reactjs using webpack and got a bundle file bundles.js. My bundles.js contains a component that make API calls to get the data.
I put this file in my html and pass the url to phantom.js to pre-compile static html for SEO reasons.
I am witnessing something strange here, the ajax calls for APIS are not getting fired at all.
For example, I have a component called Home which is called when I request for url /home. My Home component makes an ajax request to backend (django-rest) to get some data. Now when I call home page in phantomjs this api call is not getting fired.
Am I missing something here?
I have been using React based app rendering in Phantomjs since 2014. Make sure you use the latest Phantomjs version v2.x. The problems with Phantomjs occur because it uses older webkit engine, so if you have some CSS3 features used make sure they are prefixed correctly example flexbox layout.
From the JS side the PhantomJS does not support many newer APIs (example fetch etc.), to fix this add the polyfills and your fine. The most complicated thing is to track down errors, use the console.log and evaluate code inside the Phantomjs. There is also debugging mode which is actually quite difficult to use, but this could help you track down complex errors. I used webkit engine based browser Aurora to track down some of the issues.
For debugging the network traffic, try logging the requested and received events:
var page = require('webpage').create();
page.onResourceRequested = function(request) {
console.log('Request ' + JSON.stringify(request, undefined, 4));
};
page.onResourceReceived = function(response) {
console.log('Receive ' + JSON.stringify(response, undefined, 4));
};

Plain JS Ajax Upload Progress Event Not Working

I am trying to use object-oriented code to handle an AJAX upload. When I run the code, it sees the file, creates the XMLHttpRequest object, but I cannot seem to get the progress event to fire. The full source of my code can be found here: http://pastebin.com/89QawbS6
Here is a snippet:
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.upload.addEventListener("progress", MyObj.trackProgress, false);
xhr.open("POST", url, true);
...
Then in that same object, different method:
trackProgress: function (event) {
console.log(event);
// stuff that should calculate percent
}
But that console.log(event) never fires.
Please note: I know jQuery is great, and there are a dozen awesome upload plugins that I could just use instead. I am not doing this for a class or homework, I just want to understand the process better myself. So offering a jQuery plugin as an answer is not what I'm looking for. I'm trying to make myself less dependent on jQuery.
This FF bug might be the reason for your issue. It's reported on MacOSX and another similar bug on Linux. I don't know if that matters but I tested on Windows. I still believe that your code is fine.

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

History issue combining WP7.5, phonegap and jqm

I have a phonegap app that uses jqm that works fine in android and ios.
Porting to WP7 i have an issue with the history, specifically history.back() (but also .go(-1) etc). This refers to going back in history where the previous 'page' was in the same physical html file, just a different data-role=page div.
using a jwm site in a regular browser is fine (with separate 'pages' in the same html file). Also, using history.back() when we go from one html file to another in the app is fine. It's the specific combination of WP7.5, jqm and PG.
Has anyone come across a solution for this? it's driving me crazy, and has been as issue since PG 1.4.1 and jwm 1.0.
EDIT 1: It's possible that the phonegap process of initialising the webview on WP7.5 somehow overrides the jqm history overrides, after they've loaded.
EDIT 2: definitely something to do with jqm not being able to modify the history. each time there is a 'page' change, history.length is still 0.
EDIT 3: When i inspect the 'history' object, i found there is no function for replaceState or pushState - i know jqm uses this for history nav, maybe that's the problem.
ok - this isn't perfect, but here's a solution (read: hack) that works for me. It only works for page hash changes, not actual url changes (but you could add a regex check for that). Put this somewhere in the code that runs on ondeviceready:
if (device.platform == 'WinCE') {
window.history.back = function () {
var p = $.mobile.urlHistory.getPrev();
if (p) {
$.mobile.changePage("#" + p.pageUrl, { reverse: true });
$.mobile.urlHistory.stack.splice(-2, 2);
$.mobile.urlHistory.activeIndex -= 2;
}
}
}

WatiN driving the IE "Are you sure you want to leave this page?" popup

I'd like to extend my WatiN automated tests to drive a page that guards against the user accidentally leaving the page without saving changes.
The page uses the "beforeunload" technique to seek confirmation from the user:
$(window).bind('beforeunload', function (event) {
if (confirmationRequired) {
return "Sure??";
}
});
My WatIn test is driving the page using IE. I cannot find a way to get WatIn to attach to the popup dialog so I can control it from my test.
All the following have failed (where the hard-coded strings refer to strings that I can see on the popup):
Browser.AttachTo<IE>(Find.ByTitle("Windows Internet Explorer");
browser.HtmlDialog(Find.FindByTitle("Windows Internet Explorer));
browser.HtmlDialog(Find.FindByTitle("Are you sure you want to leave this page?));
browser.HtmlDialog(Find.FindFirst());
Thanks!
You'll need to create and add the dialog handler.
Example Go to example site, click link, click leave page on confirmation dialog:
IE browser = new IE();
browser.GoTo("http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/onbeforeunload.htm");
WatiN.Core.DialogHandlers.ReturnDialogHandlerIe9 myHandler = new WatiN.Core.DialogHandlers.ReturnDialogHandlerIe9();
browser.AddDialogHandler(myHandler);
browser.Link(Find.ByUrl("http://www.microsoft.com")).ClickNoWait();
myHandler.WaitUntilExists();
myHandler.OKButton.Click();
browser.RemoveDialogHandler(myHandler);
The above is working on WatiN2.1, IE9, Win7. If using IE8 or before, you will likely need to use the ReturnDialogHandler object instead of the Ie9 specific handler

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