LC Server Unable To Retrieve File From DropBox?

[Scott Rossi]

Thanks for the suggestion.  Based on the test below, there does seem to be a problem with accessing DropBox.

New script:

put url "https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6fpl18ihvt7ffbl/test-image.zip" into file1
put the length of file1 into L1
put url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/test-image.zip" into file2
put the length of file2 into L2
put "dropbox " & L1 & "<br>" & "generic " & L2

The result I get here still shows the DropBox file to have a length of 0, yet the test file downloads as expected when accessed via a browser.

dropbox 0
generic 483575

Any other suggestions?

Thanks & Regards,

Scott Rossi 
Creative Director 
Tactile Media, UX/UI Design 

On Dec 17, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Alex Tweedly <alex at tweedly.net> wrote:

> 
> 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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