I've had this issue before. The way I solved it was to not use CFHTTP. Since you are using a winbox, this method should work fine.
<cfobject action="Create" name="objSrvHTTP" class="MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP"> <cfset myURL = "http://google.com";> <cfset temp = objSrvHTTP.open("GET","#myURL#")> <cfset temp = objSrvHTTP.send("")> <cfset myResult = objSrvHTTP.responsetext> You can find documentation on the methods that MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP provides at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms762278(VS.85).aspx Let me know how it turns out! Cheers! > I am writing to describe CFHTTP issue. > There is a WINDOWS 2003, IIS 6.0 and ColdFusion 8 is on the server. > > Right now if I have to make any CFHTTP call from the server to my > client URL (assume client URL is hosted to anywhere in the world) I > must need to add that remote URL entry in server HOSTS file...it's > really a panic because I have to do this for my every NEW client URL. > > CASE 1 (Client URL is NOT mapped in the server's HOSTS file) > 1) I can't access client REMOTE URL from the server using IE browser > but can access any other site for example http://www.google.com in the > IE browser. > > 2) I can ping client remote URL and that was OK. > > 3) When I try to connection to client remote URL using CFHTTP I get an > error like "Connection Failure : Status code unavailable". > > CASE 2 (Client URL is mapped in the server's HOSTS file) > EVERYTHING IS OK. > > Now, I have added following code within CFHTTP but no luck! > <cfhttpparam type="Header" name="Accept-Encoding" > value="deflate;q=0"> > <cfhttpparam type="Header" name="TE" value="deflate;q=0"> > > My CF code template is as below: > =============================== > <cfset previewUrl = {my client URL}> > <cfset url.id = XXXXXXX> > <cftry> > > <cfhttp method="Get" url="#previewUrl#?id=#url.id#&from=direct" > throwonerror="yes" resolveurl="yes"> > <cfhttpparam type="Header" name="Accept-Encoding" > value="deflate;q=0"> > <cfhttpparam type="Header" name="TE" value="deflate;q=0"> > </cfhttp> > > <cfset content = cfhttp.FileContent> > <cfoutput>#content#</cfoutput> > <cfcatch> > <cfoutput>#cfcatch.Message#<br />#cfcatch.Detail#</cfoutput> > </cfcatch> > </cftry> > > ====== CF template ends > > Can anybody advise me as I DO NOT WANT TO DO MAPPING in HOSTS file at > all? > I mean CFHTTP should function properly without HOSTS files mapping. > > Thanks a lot in advance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:316043 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
