Funny thing is these URLs succeed when used with the ant 'get' task. I recently put the one I posted before in 'downloads.xml' to fix an issue with the previous URL and it has been working fine since...
EdB On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Maurice Amsellem <maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote: >>The AIR app will actually follow the redirect. But it looks like on the >>first hit they are setting a cookie and looking for the cookie before >>downloading the >real file. If not, they simply redirect to the downloads >>page for a five second wait. And they do it because they want to show ads >>apparently [1] > > You are right. > > So I disabled cookies and javascript , erased all my cookies and history in > chrome, and run one of the URLs, and the download was successful. > I inspected the OSMF.swc request, it has no cookies. > > So I suspect it has something to do with the ;ts=1382081780 that is in the > URL. > That's obviously a timestamp in 100th of seconds. > So maybe the server is doing some check or something on this value, and fails > if does not math an expected range, > So that people cannot use an old link to download. > > Or probably not, I don't know... > > Maurice > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de OmPrakash > Muppirala > Envoyé : vendredi 18 octobre 2013 09:49 > À : dev@flex.apache.org > Objet : Re: Installer changes to go with 4.11? > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Maurice Amsellem < > maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote: > >> Hi, maybe that's obvious , as I am not an HTTP expert at all, >> >> but the HTML content returned has a meta http-equiv "refresh", that >> reloads the pages 5 seconds later with the mirror URL (see below) >> >> So it's not doing redirect. >> >> Maybe we could parse the content and grab that URL, then send another >> download? >> >> WDYT ? >> >> >> > I did try exactly that. But the meta redirect url first goes to the > sourceforge.net page before it gets redirected again. The AIR app will > actually follow the redirect. But it looks like on the first hit they are > setting a cookie and looking for the cookie before downloading the real file. > If not, they simply redirect to the downloads page for a five second wait. > And they do it because they want to show ads apparently [1] > > [1] http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/ticket/23335 > > > >> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5; url= >> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/osmf.adobe/OSMF%202.0%20Relea >> se%20%28final%20source%2C%20ASDocs%2C%20pdf%20guides%20and%20release%2 >> 0notes%29/OSMF.swc?r=app%3A%2FFlexAIRsandbox.swf&ts=1382081780& >> ;use_mirror=freefr >> "> >> >> -----Message d'origine----- >> De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de >> OmPrakash Muppirala Envoyé : vendredi 18 octobre 2013 09:31 À : >> dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: Installer changes to go with 4.11? >> >> You are probably correct, but every 'direct link' I tried seems to >> redirect to the same page which redirects to the actual mirror. In >> fact the link I am using was a 'direct link' to a mirror site. >> >> I am not sure if the downloads.xml link is correct either. >> >> Thanks, >> Om >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >> >> > OK, will look tomorrow. I thought this kind of URL always returns >> > an HTML page with a separate link to the mirror's url. I think in >> > some of our scripts I bake in some mirror's URL, which probably >> > isn't the "best" thing in the world to do, but seems to work. >> > >> > -Alex >> > >> > On 10/17/13 11:52 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > >Sure. Here it is: >> > > >> > >Notice that in the handleDownloadSuccess method, the file turns out >> > >to be an html page. >> > > >> > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <s:WindowedApplication >> > >xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"; >> > > xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" >> > > xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"> >> > > <fx:Script> >> > > <![CDATA[ >> > > >> > > protected function handleDownloadBtnClick():void >> > > { >> > > download(" >> > > >> > http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/project/osmf.adobe/OSMF%202.0%20Rel >> > ea >> > se%2 >> > >0%28final%20source%2C%20ASDocs%2C%20pdf%20guides%20and%20release%20 >> > >no >> > >tes%2 >> > >9/OSMF.swc >> > >", >> > > handleDownloadSuccess,handleDownloadError); >> > > } >> > > >> > > private function download(url:String, >> > >handlerFunction:Function, errorFunction:Function = null):void { >> > > var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); >> > > var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url); >> > > //Wait for 5 minutes before aborting download attempt. >> > >Adobe download sites as well as some Apache mirrors are extremely slow. >> > > req.idleTimeout = 300000; >> > > >> > > loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY; >> > > loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, >> > >handlerFunction, false, 0, true); >> > > >> > > if (errorFunction != null) { >> > > loader.addEventListener(ErrorEvent.ERROR, >> > >errorFunction, false, 0, true); >> > > loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, >> > >errorFunction, false, 0, true); >> > > } >> > > >> > > loader.load(req); >> > > } >> > > >> > > protected function handleDownloadSuccess(event:Event):void >> > > { >> > > var data:ByteArray = event.target.data >> > > var str:String = data.readUTFBytes(data.length); >> > > } >> > > >> > > protected function handleDownloadError(event:Event):void >> > > { >> > > trace(); >> > > } >> > > >> > > >> > > ]]> >> > > </fx:Script> >> > > <s:Button verticalCenter="0" horizontalCenter="0" >> > >label="Download OSMF swc" click="handleDownloadBtnClick()" /> >> > ></s:WindowedApplication> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >> > > >> > >> Can you carve out a 10-line MXML file that tests this download >> > >>capability and post it in this thread? It would make it easier >> > >>for folks to play around with potential solutions. >> > >> >> > >> -Alex >> > >> >> > >> On 10/17/13 4:31 PM, "OmPrakash Muppirala" <bigosma...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >Okay, I give up. There is absolutely no way to download the >> > >> >osmf.swc >> > >>2.0 >> > >> >file from sourceforge from the Installer. If anyone can take a >> > >> >look, >> > >>that >> > >> >would be great. If not, I think we should just instruct folks >> > >> >on how >> > >>to >> > >> >replace it manually. >> > >> > >> > >> >Thoughts? >> > >> > >> > >> >Thanks, >> > >> >Om >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:04 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala >> > >> ><bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> >> Just to confirm, osmf.swf should really be named >> > >> >> osmf_<flexversion>_<buildnumber>.swf, right? >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Thanks, >> > >> >> Om >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:54 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala < >> > >> >> bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> >> > >> >>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Maurice Amsellem < >> > >> >>> maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote: >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>>> I have tested the download from France. >> > >> >>>> It's almost instantaneous on a regular ADSL connection via >> > >> >>>>wifi, which is not surprising, given the small size of the >> > >> >>>>file. >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>> It is, for me as well. >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>>> Where is this mirror located? >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>> Looks like it is in Zurich, Switzerland. >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>>> Maurice >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> -----Message d'origine----- >> > >> >>>> De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part >> > >> >>>> de OmPrakash Muppirala Envoyé : jeudi 17 octobre 2013 20:15 >> > >> >>>> À >> > >> >>>> : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: Installer changes to go >> > >> >>>> with 4.11? >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> The most straightforward way to solve this problem seems to >> > >> >>>>be >> > >> >>>>- grabbing the osmf.swc from a single mirror directly like >> > >> >>>>this [1] Here is a short documentation on sourceforge's >> > >> >>>>mirroring system. Any >> > >>concerns? >> > >> >>>> Any alternative ideas? >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> Thanks, >> > >> >>>> Om >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> [1] >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> > >> http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/project/osmf.adobe/OSMF%202.0%20 >> > >> Re >> > >> leas >> > >> >> > >>>>>>e%20%28final%20source%2C%20ASDocs%2C%20pdf%20guides%20and%20re >> > >>>>>>le >> > >>>>>>ase%2 >> > >>>>>>0n >> > >> >>>>otes%29/OSMF.swc >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> [2] >> > >> >>>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Mirrors >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:32 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala >> > >> >>>> <bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>>> > The problem with this download page is that it does a 307 >> > >>redirect >> > >> >>>>to >> > >> >>>> > the actual file. Flex/AIR does not seem to follow the >> > >> >>>> > redirect, >> > >> >>>>even >> > >> >>>> > though I set URLRequest.followRedirects = true. >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> > Alex/others, do you know of any other location to download >> > >> >>>> > the >> > >> >>>>latest >> > >> >>>> > osmf.swc file. We are getting the older version from here >> > >> >>>> > [1] >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> > Thanks, >> > >> >>>> > Om >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> > [1] >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >> > >>>>>> >> > http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flex/sdk/branches/4.y/fra >> > m >> > >>>>>>e >> > >> >>>> > works/libs/ >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Erik de Bruin >> > >><e...@ixsoftware.nl> >> > >> >>>> wrote: >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> >> Om, >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> Instead of: >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>> >> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/osmf.adobe/files/OSMF%202.0%20Releas >> > e >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>>%20%28final%20source%2C%20ASDocs%2C%20pdf%20guides%20and%20rel >> > >>>>>>ea >> > >>>>>>se%20 >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>>notes%29/OSMF.swc/download?use_mirror=hivelocity&r=&use_mirror >> > >>>>>>=h >> > >>>>>>ivelo >> > >> >>>> >> city >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>> >> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/osmf.adobe/files/OSMF%202.0%20Releas >> > e >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>>%20%28final%20source%2C%20ASDocs%2C%20pdf%20guides%20and%20rel >> > >>>>>>ea >> > >>>>>>se%20 >> > >> >>>> >> notes%29/OSMF.swc/download >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> You might consider using: >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>> >> > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/osmf.adobe/OSMF%202.0%20Rel >> > e >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>>ase%20%28final%20source%2C%20ASDocs%2C%20pdf%20guides%20and%20 >> > >>>>>>re >> > >>>>>>lease >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>>%20notes%29/OSMF.swc?r=&ts=1381906346&use_mirror=optim >> > >>>>>>at >> > >>>>>>e<htt >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>>p:// >> > downloads.sourceforge.net/project/osmf.adobe/OSMF%202.0%20Release >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >> > >>>>>>%20%28final%20source%2C%20ASDocs%2C%20pdf%20guides%20and%20rel >> > >>>>>>ea >> > >>>>>>se%20 >> > >> >>>> >> notes%29/OSMF.swc?r=&ts=1381906346&use_mirror=optimate> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> HTH, >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> EdB >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:06 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala >> > >> >>>> >> <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >>>> >> > I have checked in all the fixes to support OSMF 2.0 and >> > >>OSMF.swf >> > >> >>>> RSL. >> > >> >>>> >> > There seems to be a problem with the OSMF.swc 2.0 url. >> > >> >>>> >> > Can >> > >> >>>>someone >> > >> >>>> >> take a >> > >> >>>> >> > look? >> > >> >>>> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> > Its 3AM here in the bay area. I am calling it a night. >> > >> >>>> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> > Can someone take care of putting up the RC1 (windows, >> > >> >>>> >> > mac and >> > >> >>>>linux >> > >> >>>> >> > versions) of Installer 2.7.0? >> > >> >>>> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> > If not, I will take it up in the morning. >> > >> >>>> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> > Thanks, >> > >> >>>> >> > Om >> > >> >>>> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:40 PM, OmPrakash Muppirala >> > >> >>>> >> > <bigosma...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> >>>> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> On Oct 16, 2013 8:58 PM, "Justin Mclean" >> > >> >>>> >> >> <jus...@classsoftware.com> >> > >> >>>> >> wrote: >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> >> > Hi, >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> >> > > Should the installer learn how to pull and rename >> > >> >>>> >> >> > > the >> > >>SWF >> > >> >>>> >> >> > > from >> > >> >>>> >> the SWC >> > >> >>>> >> >> > That would fix the current issue with the installer. >> > >> >>>> >> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> I am on it. >> > >> >>>> >> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> Om >> > >> >>>> >> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> >> > BTW not too many people are likely to run into this >> > >> >>>> >> >> > and >> > >> >>>>there's >> > >> >>>> >> >> > an >> > >> >>>> >> easy >> > >> >>>> >> >> work around eg put the file in the right place yourself. >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> >> > > or should the build script do that and leave the >> > >>OSMF.SWF in >> > >> >>>> >> >> > > the >> > >> >>>> >> RSLs >> > >> >>>> >> >> folder with the rest of >> > >> >>>> >> >> > > the SDK RSL SWFs? >> > >> >>>> >> >> > License wise we can't distribute the binary release >> > >> >>>> >> >> > with >> > >>osmf >> > >> >>>>in >> > >> >>>> >> >> > it >> > >> >>>> >> so >> > >> >>>> >> >> that complicates things a little. >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> > >> >>>> >> >> > Thanks, >> > >> >>>> >> >> > Justin >> > >> >>>> >> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> -- >> > >> >>>> >> Ix Multimedia Software >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> Jan Luykenstraat 27 >> > >> >>>> >> 3521 VB Utrecht >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> >> T. 06-51952295 >> > >> >>>> >> I. www.ixsoftware.n >> > >> >>>> >> >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> > >> > >> >>>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
