On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Dave Delbridge wrote:
> Hi Bill, > > > When you say management site, are you talking about manage.opensrs.net? > > Yes, except that we instead use > https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/resellers/index. Erol confirmed that this is > the recommended URL for agents because the page has no frames. https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/resellers/index is the RWI. Check out http://www.daze.net/opensrs/opensrs.sslbot2.pl.txt for a script written in perl that pulls down multiple pages from the RWI. Maybe that will give you some insights to what your problem is. > I'm now suspecting that server redirects are somehow to blame. All of the > links on that page look like: > > /resellers/index?action=manage_nameservers > /resellers/index?action=modify_contact The above two actions don't exist in the RWI. They are domain management functions available in manage.cgi. > /resellers/index?action=whois_rsp_info whois_rsp_info is an action in the RWI so you should be able to get it to work. > etc. > > I sincerely doubt that /resellers/index contains one HUGE script that does all > of this stuff. A server redirect probably routes the request to an > appropriate page for processing. If this is true, then the cookie may not > survive to the second page. There are some known issues (and solutions) but > I'll first need to know whether my assumption here is correct. cookies are based on the url and the base url never changes: https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/resellers/index Whether the code on the server is in modules or not does not matter in cookie management. > Thank you for your reply. > > Dave > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Dave, > > > > When you say management site, are you talking about manage.opensrs.net? > > > > If so, my advice would be to program to the API. > > > > Anyway, the behavior you describe (display of the login page) basically > > means that the opensrs manage script did not receive the cookie it was > > expecting. Unfortunately I can't help much there. > > > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Dave Delbridge wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Erol of OpenSRS Support recommended that I drop this question to the > > > list. We are both stumped. > > > > > > I have been writing agent scripts (rather than use the Perl client) > > > without any trouble. ...until now. Logging in, submitting a domain > > > registration or transfer are no problem, but for some reason, when > > > accessing any sub-page of the management site with an agent, I am > > > re-dealt the login screen. Erol assures me that OpenSRS welcomes agents > > > and is not doing anything sneaky to subvert our efforts. > > > > > > My OpenSRS agents perform two simple tasks: > > > > > > 1.) Login and retrieve session cookie * > > > 2.) Submit cookie and form data to desired OpenSRS web page > > > > > > * On reseller site, the cookie delivered is "RESELLER_LIVE_KEY." On > > > management site, the cookie delivered is "REGISTRANT_LIVE_KEY." > > > > > > This approach has worked flawlessly on the Live and Test Reseller > > > Interface. And, the login appears to work on the Live Management > > > Interface, returning a valid-looking session cookie. It's only upon > > > USING that cookie on a subsequent page that we are returned to the login > > > prompt. > > > > > > We are using ColdFusion to script our agents, though this may be > > > irrelevant. I'm aware of a few issues that can defeat agents or disrupt > > > cookie transmission, like server redirects and Java-based cookies, but > > > neither of these are in place for the other OpenSRS pages, so why would > > > they be used here, on the Management Interface? Can somebody confirm > > > for me if indeed they ARE being used? > > > > > > Has anybody else witnessed this behavior? Got a cure? > > > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. We've come so far. I would hate to > > > have to install the Perl client code now. > > > > > > Thank you so much. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > -- > > > > > > David M. Delbridge > > > President & CEO > > > Circa 3000 > > > http://www.circa3k.com > > > 775-832-2445 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > David M. Delbridge > President & CEO > Circa 3000 > http://www.circa3k.com > 775-832-2445 > > >
