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problems with 'read

 [1/4] from: reboler:bol at: 21-Jan-2004 7:59


Hi Folks!, Sorry to disturb you again.. But does anybody know how to read this url? {http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?q=metadata&cn=all&t=all&co=AND&q=&cn=al l&t=all&fdt=1930&tdt=2005&dt=all&ff=all&ds=sd&sa=all&g=a} Well, I think the problem has to be with cookies.. because if you try to read the same url using IExplorer.. it does handle the job.. REBOL [] a: {http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?q=metadata&cn=all&t=all&co=AND&q=&cn=al l&t=all&fdt=1930&tdt=2005&dt=all&ff=all&ds=sd&sa=all&g=a} a: to-url a b: read a print b Should it be so simple ? but it isn't. Why RT doesn't build a full-compliant version of read that does handle everything that a browser does ... FYI.. using: REBOL/Core 2.5.6.3.1 Rebol Gurus, please help me. Thanks in advance.. --DJ

 [2/4] from: SunandaDH:aol at: 21-Jan-2004 5:46


DJ:
> Well, I think the problem has to be with cookies.. because if you try to > read the same url using IExplorer.. it does handle the job..
Not quite, but even more annoying -- they are checking the name of the browser and ignoring anything that isn't IE. It won't work with Opera or Mozilla either. Try this: system/schemes/http/user-agent: "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)" print read http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?q=metadata&cn=all&t=all&co=AND&q=&cn=all&t=all&fdt=1930&tdt=2005&dt=all&ff=a ll&ds=sd&sa=all&g=a That user-agent name is a common way IE identifies itself (yes, it spoofs itself as Mozilla. It's a strange world we live in) Sunanda.<

 [3/4] from: jason:cunliffe:verizon at: 21-Jan-2004 9:59


> Try this: > system/schemes/http/user-agent: "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5;
Windows
> NT 5.0)" > > print read >
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?q=metadata&cn=all&t=all&co=AND&q=&cn=all&t=all&fdt=1930&tdt=2005&dt=all&ff=a
> ll&ds=sd&sa=all&g=a > That user-agent name is a common way IE identifies itself (yes, it spoofs > itself as Mozilla. It's a strange world we live in)
Indeed ! Thanks for the great tip - Jason

 [4/4] from: reboler::bol::com::br at: 21-Jan-2004 17:30


Thanks Sunanda and Gabriele!! It worked!! Best Regards, --DJ
> DJ: > > > Well, I think the problem has to be with cookies.. be
cause if you try to
> > read the same url using IExplorer.. it does handle t
he job..
> Not quite, but even more annoying --
they are checking the name of the
> browser and ignoring anything that isn't IE. It won't w
ork with Opera or Mozilla
> either. > > Try this: > > system/schemes/http/user-
agent: "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows
> NT 5.0)" > > print read > http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/search?
q=metadata&cn=all&t=all&co=AND&q=&cn=all&t=all&fdt=1930&t dt=2005&dt=all&ff=a
> ll&ds=sd&sa=all&g=a > > That user-
agent name is a common way IE identifies itself (yes, it spoofs