I still have no idea why this was happening, however I rebooted the
machine to ensure there were not strange remnants lieing around and it
now works - no code changes at all.

If it happens again I'll try and track down the problem.

Ross

On 29 October 2011 22:37, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 29 October 2011 01:43, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 29 October 2011 01:28, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Any idea why I'm being asked to login to wookie (via basic
>>> authentication) to access a proxied URL.
>>>
>>> e.g. 
>>> http://localhost:8080/wookie/proxy?instanceid_key=Mwp1GaQDZoyOOVvjnQ.sl.withW4DE.eq.&url=http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show.xml?id=129284508087357440&include_entities=false
>>>
>>> Accessing the URL directly in the browser presents no problem.
>>
>> It seems there is an OAuth challenge on the proxied request, but not
>> on the browser request. Strange...
>>
>> I'm still stumped.
>
> I've now tested this with another widget that is accessing a different
> REST API. Same result. Again, there is no need for authentication on
> this API and entering the URL directly in the browser works just fine.
>
> I'm still trying to debug, but if anyone has any pointers as to why
> this might be happening (remember, it has only just started happening
> - everything worked fine just a couple of days ago).
>
> Ross
>
>
>>
>>>
>>> The weather widget (which also makes a proxied request) works fine.
>>>
>>> The strange thing is that I was not seeing this behaviour earlier
>>> today. I've done a clean build and removed the database.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Ross
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
>>> Programme Leader (Open Development)
>>> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
>> Programme Leader (Open Development)
>> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
> Programme Leader (Open Development)
> OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
>



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Ross Gardler (@rgardler)
Programme Leader (Open Development)
OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

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