Yes. Actually I've seen both IE and Firefox return 0 as well for non http requests, which sounds logical since http status is not supposed to be there for non http requests, and is probably set by the web server. So maybe jQuery should handle non http ajax requests differently...
Here a related bug report for Mozilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331610 On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > I see! > > Ok, my mistake. So status is supposed to represent the HTTP status > code. In the case of chrome-extension:// and file:// this concept is > not defined. I guess the status is not changing in the way that jQuery > expects, which is leading to this problem. > > You could test this by using the same file with a file:// URL. If the > same problem occurs, it is probably a jQuery bug. If not, then perhaps > a Chrome bug. > > - a > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Jon Stritar <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my situation, the readyState was 4, but the status was 0... so I think > > this may have been the same issue. If the status is 0, is that a chrome > or > > webkit bug? Maybe the status not changing as expected caused jQuery to > jump > > the gun and call the error callback early causing the responseText to be > > partially complete. > > > > --Jon > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> You two are describing different problems: > >> > >> In Marcos' case the response status was 0 and there was no content. In > >> Jon's case the response status was 4 and he got partial content. At > >> least that is my understanding. Please correct me if I've got things > >> wrong. > >> > >> Getting partial content is a really bad result, and it is hard for me > >> to believe such a problem is in jQuery. > >> > >> - a > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Marcos Aruj <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Yes, I don't the problem resides in jQuery. It's just that a status = > 0 > >> > is > >> > not normal I guess... No idea how to overcome this other than changing > >> > jQuery's code (and plugins') to not check for the status but I don't > >> > like it > >> > :P > >> > > >> > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Jon Stritar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Yes, it seems to be an issue with jQuery's ajax calls. If I > substitute > >> >> their stuff out for a simple synchronous GET call the code works: > >> >> > >> >> var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); > >> >> req.open('GET', file, false); > >> >> req.send(null); > >> >> req.responseText; > >> >> > >> >> Has anyone had luck using jQuery to access chrome-extension or file > >> >> urls? > >> >> > >> >> --Jon > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Marcos Aruj <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> I also had this problem using jQuery. I read some discussions saying > >> >>> that > >> >>> if the file is not served by a http server(file:/// for example), > then > >> >>> there's no status set (0). For jQuery for example, i get the > >> >>> responseText of > >> >>> the file correctly, but the status is 0. So many plugins and other > >> >>> stuff act > >> >>> as this is a failure, even if the content was correctly pulled. > >> >>> Would be nice if chrome returns a status for chrome-extension:// > >> >>> request > >> >>> or any internal ajax requests. Wyt? > >> >>> > >> >>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I wonder if there is an embedded null. Do you mind sharing the > file? > >> >>>> > >> >>>> - a > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Jon Stritar <[email protected]> > >> >>>> wrote: > >> >>>> > I'm trying to use a library that dynamically loads JSON files via > >> >>>> > XMLHttpRequests. I'm hosting the files locally in the extension > so > >> >>>> > they're accessible via the chrome-extension URL. I'm using the > >> >>>> > complete chrome-extension URL in the request (and if I paste it > >> >>>> > directly into the browser it downloads the json file). > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > The XMLHtttpRequest in the library keeps failing with the > following > >> >>>> > parameters (when the error callback is called): > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > readyState: 4 > >> >>>> > responseText: this has the 2.5 lines of the file > >> >>>> > status: 0 > >> >>>> > statusText: blank > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > I can't find any other error messages. Any ideas? Why would only > >> >>>> > 2.5 > >> >>>> > out of 54 lines be in the responseText? The responseText stops > half > >> >>>> > way through a string (no unusual characters there) and the JSON > is > >> >>>> > valid. Do I need to add permissions for this? > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > (On Linux build 4.0.270.0) > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > Thanks > >> >>>> > --Jon > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > -- > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > >> >>>> > Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. > >> >>>> > To post to this group, send email to > >> >>>> > [email protected]. > >> >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >>>> > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > >> >>>> > For more options, visit this group at > >> >>>> > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -- > >> >>>> > >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> >>>> Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. > >> >>>> To post to this group, send email to > >> >>>> [email protected]. > >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> >>>> [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > >> >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >> >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> Marcos Aruj Alvarez > >> >>> Ingeniero de Software > >> >>> ------------------------------- > >> >>> [email protected] > >> >>> ----- > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Marcos Aruj Alvarez > >> > Ingeniero de Software > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > [email protected] > >> > ----- > >> > > > > > > -- Marcos Aruj Alvarez Ingeniero de Software ------------------------------- [email protected] ----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. 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