HTTP Callouts

[ghost]

Does the Same Origin Policy apply for a MacGap webkit window? In other words can I send HTTP requests to multiple endpoints? Regardless, is there an API for making an HTTP callout without using a server proxy?

I The following JQuery function is failing for me:

$.ajax({ type:"GET", url: "https://www.google.com/", data: "", processData: false, success: function(r) { alert('success') }, failure: function(r) { alert('fail') }, complete: function(r) { $("#main").html(JSON.stringify(r)) } }); });

[liamks]

If you enable the developer tools the exact error type should be printed to console (hopefully).

[ghost]

Thanks for the tip. The exact error is indeed a same origin error:

5/17/12 1:09:27.602 PM MyApp: JavaScript console: :1: XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://www.google.com/. Origin http://localhost:3000 is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.

So there are two possibilities. Either we can disable this somehow, or there is a way to expose the underlying HTTP callout method in the API. Suggestions?

[ghost]

Ok an update to this:

I was loading my entire index.html file from a server, which was causing the same origin issue. When I loaded the file directly from the app, then it worked fine! Not sure if this is intended behavior or not, but at least there is a way to make it work.

[liamks]

Good to hear you've come up with a solution. I think CORS can be enabled using the private API. We've enabled some methods in the private API:

https://github.com/maccman/macgap/blob/master/MacGap/Classes/ContentView.m (see lines ~21)