Mailing List Archive: Bug? Rebol/View not able to read nbci site? Re:

[REBOL] Bug? Rebol/View not able to read nbci site? Re:

From: al:bri:xtra at: 26-Sep-2000 20:34


Earlier, I wrote:
> This fails:
> read http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/AndrewMartin/RESUME.HTM
>
> on several pages with either network timeout or:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>NBCi 404 Error</title>

The problem is actually due to Rebol's use of an incompatible (with other
browsers) value for http/user-agent. Proof:

REBOL/View 0.10.34.3.1 25-Sep-2000
Copyright 2000 REBOL Technologies.  All rights reserved.
>> read http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/SpectrumStudios/index.html
== {
<html>
<head>
<title>NBCi 404 Error</title>
<META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT=document>
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="">
...
>> ; A better choice for http user-agent:
>> system/schemes/http/user-agent: rejoin [
[        "Mozilla" "/" "4.0"
[        " (Compatible; " system/schemes/http/user-agent ")"
[        ]
== "Mozilla/4.0 (Compatible; REBOL 0.10.34.3.1)"
>> read http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/SpectrumStudios/index.html
== {<HTML>
<HEAD>
<Title>Spectrum Studios</Title>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Spectrum Studios</H1>
<H2>Opening soon!</H2>
Contact us at: <A...
>>

So system/schemes/http/user-agent should really be:
        "Mozilla/4.0 (Compatible; REBOL 0.10.34.3.1)"
    or similar, depending upon Rebol/version.

Andrew Martin
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