Using makeWebRequest to retreive plain text data

Former Member over 8 years ago

Hi

I already use makeWebRequest to get json data but have to use it to retreive plain text data. I wrote the following code

function loadTextFromUrl( url )
{
   var params =  {
                 };

   var headers = {
                    // body will be encoded as 'a=1&b=2'
                    "Content-Type" => Comm.REQUEST_CONTENT_TYPE_URL_ENCODED
                 };

   var options = {
                    :method => Comm.HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD_GET,
                    :headers => headers,
                    :responseType => Comm.HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE_URL_ENCODED
                 };

   Comm.makeWebRequest(
                           url,
                           params,
                           options,
                           method(:onReceive)
                      );
}

the call to makeWebRequest is OK but I get a -400 error (INVALID_HTTP_BODY_IN_NETWORK_RESPONSE). I guess the system tries to decode the received data but I just need to get plain text data.

Is it possible ? How should I call makeWebRequest then ?

Thx

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

I've never heard of any way to get plain text with makeWebRequest. Json data (which gets converted into a dictionary), an image, a .fit, or .gpx - that's about it.

Former Member over 8 years ago

Thanks...

Former Member over 8 years ago

There is already a ticket open to add support for plain text responses. I've added a link to this thread to the ticket in hopes that more demand can get things moving along. Unfortunately changes like this require several teams to get involved which does take more time.

ftrimboli over 8 years ago

While we're at it, binary with a returned MIME type would be good too.

Obviously the key issue is the internal representation in CIQ. There's no concept of a Binary Buffer that can be read as a byte or Unicode stream.

That said, I'd be very happy with text/plain.

Former Member over 8 years ago

Ya, I'm not sure how that data would be presented in the callback; that may require a language change. The plain text seems (to me at least) that it would be a slam dunk as you simply would have to copy the body into a string and pass it along.

Horsetooth over 7 years ago

There is already a ticket open to add support for plain text responses. I've added a link to this thread to the ticket in hopes that more demand can get things moving along. Unfortunately changes like this require several teams to get involved which does take more time.

has there been any movement on this? i now also need a plain text response (to get a simple string login token from a server that is not under my control). is there any hope for this or should i give up?

gasteropod over 7 years ago

The a look at CIQ beta 3.0, this has a couple of new types, one of which is HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT_PLAIN. So you should not have to wait much longer.

Horsetooth over 7 years ago

The a look at CIQ beta 3.0, this has a couple of new types, one of which is HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT_PLAIN. So you should not have to wait much longer.

very cool - thanks. but ,i just tried the 3.0.0 beta 2 sdk and although its accepting the text_plain enum, it still fails on a text response.

function onReceiveTestLogin(responseCode, data) {
        myPrintLn("in onReceiveTestLogin, responseCode=" + responseCode + ", data=" + data);
    }
...
            Communications.makeWebRequest("tynbendad.github.io/.../response-login",
                                          {}, { :method => Communications.HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD_GET,
                                                     :headers => {                                           // set headers
                                                           "Content-Type" => Communications.REQUEST_CONTENT_TYPE_URL_ENCODED},
                                                     :responseType => Communications.HTTP_RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT_PLAIN
                                                   }, method(:onReceiveTestLogin));
...

>in onReceiveTestLogin, responseCode=-400, data=null

maybe its not quite ready yet?

Former Member over 7 years ago

Horsetooth,

I'm using your code here in the sim with the 3.0.0.beta2 SDK and i"m getting what looks to be a store id for an app. Is this correct. If you want I can post my output. I'm not sure why that's returning null for you..

- Coleman

Horsetooth over 7 years ago

Horsetooth,

I'm using your code here in the sim with the 3.0.0.beta2 SDK and i"m getting what looks to be a store id for an app. Is this correct. If you want I can post my output. I'm not sure why that's returning null for you..

- Coleman

thanks Coleman - so you didn't get -400 responseCode? i'm still getting that here, i may have to reinstall a fresh eclipse/sdk. can you post a .zip of the test project that worked for you?