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tcp.httpClient, port, cookiesOn

Author:Thomas A. Creedon
Posted:6/24/1999; 4:01:49 PM
Topic:tcp.httpClient, port, cookiesOn
Msg #:7798
Prev/Next:7797 / 7799

I seem to be having a problem with the tcp.httpClient call. I called it with these parameters...

tcp.httpClient (server:"208.8.205.165", port:8080, path:"/~ural/search?today", cookiesOn:true)

user.webBrowser.cookies.["208.8.205.165"] contains... 

/  table:
   WB-BoardId  table:
      expires  date: 6/25/99; 2:55:52 PM
      secure   boolean: false
      value string:  3
   WB-Pass  table:
      expires  date: 12/31/99; 11:59:59 PM
      secure   boolean: false
      value string:  password removed
   WB-User  table:
      expires  date: 12/31/99; 11:59:59 PM
      secure   boolean: false
      value string:  user name removed

What I got back was an error page saying that I needed to log in to the site. This indicated to me, for some reason, the site didn't get my cookies. Time to start diggin'!

After stepping through httpClient I discovered that it never included my cookies. OK. Ready to follow along? 

edit
   tcp.httpClient


find the line
   local (host = "Host: " + server)


look at the if block immediately after.  keep this in mind


find the line
   if host endsWith nameOf (adrdomain^)
As far as I can see, this check will always be false if port is anything other than 80. So in my script, host is "Host: 208.8.205.165:8080" and nameOf (adrdomain^) is "208.8.205.165".

I found a temporary work around. That was to change...

if host endsWith nameOf (adrdomain^)

...to..

if host contains nameOf (adrdomain^)

Of course, I could be all wet and not called httpClient correctly. So it that's the case, please correct me. 

Toodle-loooooooo..........
Thomas


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