LC Server Unable To Retrieve File From DropBox?

[Alex Tweedly]

Scott,

you could try accessing some (any) other https: url to see if that works 
from your server.

Might help you narrow down what to look at next :-)
Sorry I can't come up with any better help.
-- Alex.

On 17/12/2014 22:17, Scott Rossi wrote:
> Hi Simon:
>
> Well, I'm glad it works somewhere, but since it's not likely that I'll be using your LC server, this doesn't help me much.
>
> I wonder if maybe the edition makes a difference.  Are you using the Commercial or Community edition?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media UX/UI Design
>
>> On Dec 17, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Simon Smith <hello at simonsmith.co> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Scott
>>
>> Tried your script on my server - seems to work perfectly.
>>
>> Outputs: 483575
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Simon
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi List:
>>>
>>> I¹m wondering if anyone has been using LC Server to serve files from
>>> DropBox.  Since updating LC Server to 6.7 on my host (DreamHost), it now
>>> seems to be unable to retrieve files from DropBox.
>>>
>>> With the following script:
>>>
>>> put url "https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6fpl18ihvt7ffbl/test-image.zip" into
>>> theFile
>>>         put the length of theFile
>>>
>>>
>>> On a desktop system, this works as expected in the message box.
>>>
>>> On LC Server I get a value of 0.
>>>
>>> What am I missing here?  Is this perhaps some kind of cross-domain
>>> limitation?  Any way to make this work?
>>>
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>
>>> Scott Rossi
>>> Creative Director
>>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>>>
>>>
>>>
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