I think - stress think - CF handles the result based on the file name in the URL. So if CF had seen foo.gif at the end, it would have assumed a gif. In your case there is no obvious extension so maybe CF didn't know what to assume.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Stefan Richter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Still not sure why CF complained, but I am having more luck using this: > > > <cfhttp > > url="http://www4d.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP79419e1a6ei6h30076g00003170cdffcai81067?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=55"; > resolveurl="No" > > </cfhttp> > > <cfset resImg = cfhttp.fileContent.toByteArray() /> > <cfimage > action = "write" > destination = "#THISFOLDER#/#imagename#.gif" > source = "#resImg#" > overwrite="true"> > > > Cheers > > Stefan > > > > > > On 15 Jan 2011, at 19:10, Stefan Richter wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I'm trying to fetch images from the Wolfram Alpha API. The source for each >> image is specified in a format such as this: >> http://www4d.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP79419e1a6ei6h30076g00003170cdffcai81067?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=55 >> (note this may have expired now) >> >> When I check the HTTP response I see that the content-type is correctly >> specified as image/gif and in the browser the URL results in an image being >> displayed as expected. >> >> However when I try the following >> >> <cfimage >> action = "write" >> destination = "#thisFolder#" >> source = >> "http://www4d.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP79419e1a6ei6h30076g00003170cdffcai81067?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=55"; >> > >> >> I get an error: >> >> "The /calculate/msp/msp79419e1a6ei6h30076g00003170cdffcai81067 image format >> is not supported on this operating system." >> >> I also tried using ImageNew but got the same error. >> >> I'm not sure what to make of this. Does CF expect the URL to end in .gif or >> why is it complaining? Are there any easy fixes for this or what other ways >> are there for me to retrieve the image and store it on my server? >> >> Thanks for any tips. >> >> Stefan > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
