world.Export 302's

ID:270354
 
Mar 26 2006, 7:56 pm
I'm not quite sure where this fits, as it's not a BYOND bug and there's no buggy code, so I guess this forum works well for it.

I've got a proc that sends out a request to a webserver every five minutes or so;

proc
    Wiznet_updateStatus()
        if(world.port)
            server["wiz_connectivity"]--
            Wiznet_export("{Don't need anyone seeing this part, it's just a standard list of parameters anyways}")

    Wiznet_export(str)
        if(!world.address || !world.port) return 0
        spawn(1) . = world.Export("http://iconultima.tibbius.com/wiznet/?server_address=[world.address]&server_port=[world.port]&server_host=[server["host"]]&[str]")


Typically the export causes a runtime error saying "Server returned unexpected status: 302 Found", and I was wondering if anyone could tell me why it keeps doing that.
#1 Mar 26 2006, 8:16 pm
It's because the webserver is saying that the file's been moved temporarily, and giving the location to find it at. (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html) If you try going to that URL in your browser, you'll see how it redirects.

It's kind of a lack of a BYOND feature. It'd be nice if BYOND could automatically look at any of the redirect-related status codes, and look for whatever at the redirected url.
#2 Mar 26 2006, 8:45 pm
In response to Jon88 (#1)
...caused by using the subdomain inline with the rest of the URL? If it'll stop the 302 status error until statuses can be handled manually, I'll use www.tibbius.com/iconultima.