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httpclient : problem with some permanently redirected pages [message #31752]

Thu, 24 March 2011 15:34

jibe
Messages: 294
Registered: February 2007
Location: France

Experienced Member

Hi,

Is it a bug ? The httpcli example doesn't work with this url :

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40350907?referer=xid

I suppose that it's because this is a redirected page, and the location is a relative address :

/title/tagalog-english-english-tagalog-dictionary-talatinigang-pilipino-inggles-inggles-pilipino/oclc/40350907?referer=xid

I tried with some others redirected pages, it's working fine and all have a complete location address, ie :

http://www.domain.tld/newpage.html

If it's not a bug, how can I do to get the new page ? For now, using this code

Httpclient c;
String url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40350907?referer=xid;
c.URL(url);
String content = c.ExecuteRedirect();
puts("[error] " + Nvl(client.GetError(), "OK (no error)"));

I get an error

[error] gethostbyname(): Connection timed out

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Re: httpclient : problem with some permanently redirected pages [message #31755 is a reply to message #31752]

Thu, 24 March 2011 17:41

mr_ped
Messages: 825
Registered: November 2005
Location: Czech Republic - Praha

Experienced Contributor

I'm really not sure, but aren't redirect URIs supposed to be absolute according to norm?

I'm not saying the code can't handle relative URIs as well, but if it's defined in norm as absolute only, it's partly bug in the web page too, not only code.

Sorry, no time to verify anything of this today. Wink

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Re: httpclient : problem with some permanently redirected pages [message #31764 is a reply to message #31752]

Fri, 25 March 2011 09:33

jibe
Messages: 294
Registered: February 2007
Location: France

Experienced Member

Hi mr_ped,

Yes, I was also surprised to see this relative redirection : It's the first time I see that, and I was also thinking that it's not RFCs compliant !

I'll see later the RFC. For now, I have to find a way to get this page...

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