Shiv, Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately the remote service is an Amazon Web Service so I don't have any control over what is being sent.
I could create a proxy to intercept a HTTP error, reformat it, and then pass it along to the Flex app but I was hoping to avoid a proxy altogether. I wish that Adobe had documented this so I didn't have to spend the time just to find out it's not possible to get the body data. Of course what I wish for the most is that it worked :-) Paul --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Shiv Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul, > > > > Your findings are correct and the situation is very frustrating indeed. > > > > The only way I've circumvented this is to tailor the response in the case of > exceptions based on user agent. Then on the Flex side to look at this > special case and throw an exception with the data in the response. > > > > So in the case where the user agent is flash player (don't remember the > actual user agent), trap the exception and send back a status code of 200 > (instead of 500) and in the response, have a way to indicate that there was > an error, so the flex side can act accordingly. > > > > Shiv. > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Whitelock > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 2:30 PM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: HTTPService Error - Response Body Text? > > > > I've now tried using HTTPService, WebService, and the low-level > URLStream and in every case it does not appear possible to access data > in the response body when the web server returns an error. All you get > is a 2032 Stream Error (which is vague and misleading). > > Has anyone ever been able to get around this problem? If so I'll keep > trying, but for now it looks like it's an exercise in futility. > > Why is this not documented in the Flex Language Reference??? > > Paul > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , > "Shiv Kumar" <shiv@> wrote: > > > > I've been told that it's a Flash player issue, in that since the player > > relies on the browser's socket there seem to be some limitation there. > > > > > > > > This one issue really prevents us from using Flex/AIR as an RIA > solution, > > since we have infrastructure in place on the server side and there are > > already clients (Browser, C# and Delphi built) using this > infrastructure and > > they do just fine today. In order to use Flex/AIR we'll have to > change the > > way exceptions are treated on the server or special case Flex/AIR > requests > > etc. Just not worth it for us. > > > > > > > > If the limitation is truly brought about by browsers, I'm sure Adobe > could > > work with the browser makers to eliminate this issue. Or just not > use the > > browser's socket and their own instead. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On > > Behalf Of Paul Whitelock > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 5:51 PM > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: HTTPService Error - Response Body Text? > > > > > > > > Thanks for confirming the problem -- I guess I'll try using SOAP > instead. > > > > Does anyone know why this "well known" problem still exists in Flex 3? > > Is it a Flash player issue or is it a Flex framework problem? > > > > Paul > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , > > "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@> wrote: > > > > > > This is a well known problem. Google / search for more > knowledgable and > > > detailed responses, but as I recall, if you do not control the server, > > > the only solution is to use a proxy. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] > > On > > > Behalf Of Paul Whitelock > > > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:28 AM > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] HTTPService Error - Response Body Text? > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using an Amazon Web Service (REST) and when an there is an error > > > in a request AWS returns "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request" and the HTTP > > > service throws an IOErrorEvent 2032. > > > > > > The problem is that AWS also returns XML text in the response body > > > (which I see if a sniffer) but I can't see the response text in the > > > IOErrorEvent. I need to get the response text as it describes what was > > > wrong with the request. > > > > > > Any idea how to retrieve the response body text from HTTPService when > > > a "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request" is returned by the server? Thanks! > > > > > >
