LC Server Unable To Retrieve File From DropBox?

[Alex Tweedly]

Not quite the test I was suggesting .... the dropbox url uses https: and 
for your own url you used http:

It would be worth getting another url using https: to see if the server 
has a problem with the secure http - or whether it is specific to 
dropbox; even just https://google.com should do.  It would be even 
better if you have a zip file somewhere behind a secure url - but I 
can't think of one you could try.

-- Alex.


On 18/12/2014 05:11, Scott Rossi wrote:
> 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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