Can you also tell us more about the production server? What web
server? Os?

On Oct 24, 3:52 pm, "David Waldrop" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Massimo,  Thanks. This is absolutely maddening.  Attached is simple app.  It
> exposes 1 service "getmeetings" located in the mm_services model.  The db.py
> file includes the statement:
>
> auth.settings.allow_basic_login = True
>
> and the default/call function is decorated to require login.
>
> The app behaves correctly when running on my local machine, but always
> returns 303 when invoked on the production server.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>
> mdipierro
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 4:17 PM
> To: web2py-users
> Subject: [web2py] Re: confused about services and authorization
>
> please email me a minimalist program to reproduce the problem and I will
> debug it.
>
> On Oct 24, 2:32 pm, David Waldrop <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Even more confusion.  I can get it to work on dev environment by
> > reverting to the original decorator on call
>
> > #...<http://groups.google.com/groups/unlock?_done=/group/web2py/browse
> > _thr...>
> > @auth.requires(auth.user)
> > @auth.requires_login()
> > def call():
> >     """
> >     exposes services. for example:
> >    
> >http://..../<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://..../&usg=AFQjCNH
> > TjjhgMOeO9jl...>
> > [app]/default/call/jsonrpc
> >     decorate with @services.jsonrpc the functions to expose
> >     supports xml, json, xmlrpc, jsonrpc, amfrpc, rss, csv
> >     """
> >     session.forget()
> >     return service()
>
> > This works on the local/dev machine.  By work I meant i get the
> > expected result when valid credentials are passed, and a 303 when
> > invalid is passed!!!  I cannot get it to work on the production
> > system.  If I comment out the authorization decorator all together the
> > service is invoked thereby isolating the problem to the way the
> > credentials are passed/handled.   The code is Identical so it must be
> > something in the environmental setup. Any ideas?
>
> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:57 PM, david.waldrop
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > Cancel that it DOES NOT work on local either.  In the previous post
> > > it worked I believe because I still had the old controller.  Now
> > > that I have deleted the controller puttilng the call function back
> > > in the default controller, and moving the getmeeting function to a
> > > model file, i am not able to access in the dev server or the
> > > productiontion server.  I am 100% sure the credentials are correct,
> > > but cannot figure out why the authentication is not happening.
>
> > > On Oct 24, 2:13 pm, "David Waldrop" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Massimo, moving the function out of the controller enabled me to
> > > > successfully invoke the function via xmlrpc on my development
> > > > machine,
> > > but
> > > > not on the production version.  In the forum I see that this (303)
> > > > supposedly indicates invalid authorization, but the testing
> > > > credentials
> > > are
> > > > valid on both sites.  I did so by issuing the following at the
> > > > python
> > > > console:
>
> > > > Python 2.6.6 (r266:84297, Aug 24 2010, 18:46:32) [MSC v.1500 32
> > > > bit
> > > (Intel)]
> > > > on
> > > > win32
> > > > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>
> > > > >>> import xmlrpclib
> > > > >>> server =
>
> > > > xmlrpclib.Server("http://[email protected]:[email protected]
> > > > on
> > > > key.net/init/default/call/xmlrpc")
>
> > > > >>> server2 =
>
> > > > xmlrpclib.Server("http://[email protected]:[email protected]:80
> > > > 0
> > > > 0/mm_beta_1/default/call/xmlrpc")
>
> > > > >>> server.getmeetings()
>
> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> > > >   File "C:\Python26\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
> > > >     return self.__send(self.__name, args)
> > > >   File "C:\Python26\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1489, in __request
> > > >     verbose=self.__verbose
> > > >   File "C:\Python26\lib\xmlrpclib.py", line 1243, in request
> > > >     headers
> > > > xmlrpclib.ProtocolError: <ProtocolError for
> > > > [email protected]:[email protected]
> > > > ingmonkey.net/init/default/call/xmlrpc: 303 SEE OTHER>
>
> > > > >>> server2.getmeetings()
>
> > > > 'you are logged in!'
>
> > > > Do I need to enables something special in the environment other
> > > > than auth.settings.allow_basic_login = True, which is already set.  
> > > > Alos, is
> > > this
> > > > a recommended way of passing credentials to a web2py services, it
> > > > seems
> > > as
> > > > if they may be exposed in the clear during transport???
>
> > > > /david
>
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > > > Behalf
> > > Of
>
> > > > mdipierro
> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 1:38 PM
> > > > To: web2py-users
> > > > Subject: [web2py] Re: confused about services and authorization
>
> > > > I am not sure you should register services in controller, unless
> > > > you also want to expose them as actions. I normally put them in a
> model.
> > > > Anyway...
>
> > > > @service.xmlrpc
> > > > @service.jsonrpc
> > > > @service.whetever
>
> > > > register a function as a service
>
> > > > def call(): return service()
>
> > > > simply exposes all services.
>
> > > > You can do
>
> > > > @auth.requires(auth.user)
> > > > def call(): return service()
>
> > > > and you will get an unauthorized error
>
> > > > On Oct 24, 11:19 am, "david.waldrop" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > I have spent the bulk of last evening and this morning trying to
> > > > > test web2py services and authorization.  In addition to setting
> > > > > auth.settings.allow_basic_login = True I have deleted the "call
> > > > > function" in the default controller, created a seperate
> > > > > controller "mmservices",and and populated with the following code:
>
> > > > > @auth.requires_login()
> > > > > def call():
> > > > >     """
> > > > >     exposes services. for example:
> > > > >    http://..../[app]/default/call/jsonrpc
> > > > >     decorate with @services.jsonrpc the functions to expose
> > > > >     supports xml, json, xmlrpc, jsonrpc, amfrpc, rss, csv
> > > > >     """
> > > > >     session.forget()
> > > > >     return service()
>
> > > > > @service.xmlrpc
> > > > > def getmeetings():
> > > > >     if auth.is_logged_in():
> > > > >         return 'you are logged in!'
> > > > >     else:
> > > > >         return 'NO DICE'
>
> > > > > @service.xmlrpc
> > > > > def test(insink):
> > > > >     if auth.is_logged_in():
> > > > >         return 'test: you are logged in!'
> > > > >     else:
> > > > >         return 'test: NO DICE'
>
> > > > > My questions are:
>
> > > > > 1) what is the purpose of the "call" function?  I see that it is
> > > > > part of the proxy when invoking, but am not sure where it gets
> > > > > invoked or what it does.  Does there need to be a separate call
> > > > > for each web- service function (as I saw in a forum post)?
>
> > > > > 2) when i
> > > > > enterhttp://www.meetingmonkey.net/init/mmservices/getmeetings
> > > > > without logging in I get "no dice". I suspect this is due to the
> > > > > fact that I am accessing the function because it is in a
> > > > > controller.  This is not the desired behavior as I want to
> > > > > ensure the user has logged in before getting access to the
> > > > > function.  Is there a complete example of the best practice for
> > > > > implementing web-services including where to put various parts of
> code?
>
> > > > > 3) when I
> > > > > enterhttp://www.meetingmonkey.net/init/mmservices/call/xmlrpc/ge
> > > > > tmeeti ngs without logging 8in I am redirected to the login
> > > > > page.  I would rather just return an unauthorized error, but do
> > > > > not know how to do?
>
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>
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