UrlLoader error

Venorcis

I am using an UrlLoader to load several things, mostly JSON but also (user-uploaded) images sometimes.

However, the following URL triggers the Event.ERROR listener, whilst it opens just fine in a regular browser:
https://cdn.chainels.com/image/?disp=1&CID=111349965282403244&id=91381324578234817

Moreover, when using a localhost set-up (exactly the same but uses http://localhost/image....) this all still works. Other requests (that use https://www.chainels.com instead of https://cdn.chainels.com though) work anyway.

How can I even debug this without any extra information in the error event listener?

Venorcis

This seems to be a very weird/specific bug in the Gideros Player though, as the stuff does load when the app is used through an installed APK on a device

ar2rsawseen

@Venorcis this was a bug in older Gideros version, which version are you using?
Does setting UserAgent header change the behavior?

ianchia

I use UrlLoader over SSL extensively in one of my enterprise apps and haven't seen this type of error (we use CDNs and .NET web services served off Rackspace). Although the app is purely iOS and not Android, and I never use the desktop Gideros Player since my applications rely heavily on plugins for additional functionality not available on the desktop player.

For debugging these types of networking issues, on Mac I use Charles Proxy (paid tool) http://www.charlesproxy.com and on Windows I use the free Fiddler Tool. http://fiddler2.com

Hope this helps,

- Ian

Venorcis

@ianchia Fiddler does not seem to capture anything the Gideros Player does :S

@ar2rsawseen I use the latest version (2013.06.3 on Windows). It is also not purely HTTPS related. Let me make it clear:
- fails: https://cdn.chainels.com/image/?disp=1&CID=111349965282403244&id=91381324578234817
- works: http://localhost/image/?disp=1&CID=111349965282403244&id=91381324578234817
- works: https://www.chainels.com/ajax/journal/?action=rawpages

It seems like fetching data-files (content-disposition and content-type headers set) through https fails, whilst fetching json through https succeeds.
The used certificate on chainels.com is a wildcard one; perhaps a check for this is failing (as localhost invalid certificate makes it fail as well)?

Again with an APK on Android, everything works fine again.

Edit: I use { ["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", ["User-Agent"] = "Gideros" } for each request. Leaving content-type or everything away or something does not do anything concerning this issue.

Edit2: note that the ajax URL is missing a log-in token for obvious security reasons

Venorcis

@ar2rsawseen The issue persists in the release of yesterday, again only in the Gideros Player on Windows as far as I can tell

ar2rsawseen

will test this case more thoroughly, thank you

But yes, UrlLoader is something that is implemented specifically for each platform, thus there might be difference between Desktop and Mobile platform versions

Venorcis

@ar2rsawseen Just to let you know that although I solved my JSON issues, this issue still persists in the Gideros Player on Windows only