A 500 is an internal server error, what do the logs say? cheers, Steve
On 15/03/2011, at 9:03 PM, Mark Melia wrote: > Hi Bojan, > > I have taken the latest code from the SVN address above and the > authentication issue is still there. I am not sure how you are able to > over come it without changing the code in the AbstractBaseProvider. I > have made the change you suggested - rather than just removing the > exception throw. (I can send you a patch file if you would like?) > > On another note - I am stil trying to get details for a specific > community I am doing this by calling the URL - > > http://localhost:8080/rest/communities/29.xml > > > as outlined below. Can you tell me if I am doing this correct - I am > still getting HTTP Status 500. If I have time I will look more deeply > into this - if you have no ideas on what is causing it? > > Thanks, > Mark > > > On 14/03/11 16:14, Mark Melia wrote: >> Hi Bojan, >> >> Thanks a million for your reply. I am thinking maybe I do have an >> earlier version of the code - Today I tried to get details on one >> particular collection using >> >> http://localhost:8080/rest/communities/29.xml - this resulted in an error - >> HTTP Status 500 - Failure processing entity request >> (/communities/29.xml): null >> >> I will have to check the version I am running. >> >> Thanks again for your help. >> Mark >> >> On 14/03/11 15:51, Bojan Suzic wrote: >>> Hi Mark, >>> >>> I have just checked it and tried to reproduce locally. >>> So I tried the following: >>> >>> http://localhost:8080/rest/search.xml?query=test - got normal results >>> >>> http://localhost:8080/rest/search.xml?query=test&user=x...@xxx.com - got >>> exception 403, we have user but password is not provided >>> >>> http://localhost:8080/rest/search.xml?query=test&user=x...@xxx.com&pass=correct_password >>> - got normal results again as the correct password is provided with >>> the user in the query >>> >>> So, the code you are referring to is executed only if user or pass are >>> provided in the query. If they are not provided, it uses anonymous >>> user and further should not execute this code. >>> >>> Maybe you are using some older version from svn? The actual version is >>> available at >>> http://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/modules/rest/branches/dspace-rest-gsoc10/. >>> >>> Also if this problem still persists, could you then try to change this >>> code to look like this: >>> >>> if (!(user.equals("")) { >>> try { >>> ... >>> } catch () ... >>> >>> } >>> >>> It could be that underlying code treats blank user differently. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Bojan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> The action I am calling is the search rest call I am making is search - >>>> http://localhost:8080/dspace/search.xml?query=testitem >>>> When this is called it looks like the method refreshParams is called in >>>> the AbstractBaseProvider class. This method checks if the user is logged >>>> in and throws an EntityException if the user is not logged in, which is >>>> the case for my search. >>>> >>>> try { >>>> EPerson eUser = EPerson.findByEmail(context, user); >>>> if ((eUser.canLogIn())&& (eUser.checkPassword(pass))) { >>>> context.setCurrentUser(eUser); >>>> loggedUser = eUser.getName(); >>>> } else { >>>> throw new EntityException("Bad username or password", user, 403); >>>> } >>>> >>>> Any idea would be much appreciated. We are creating a plug-in for Moodle >>>> 2.0 so that DSpace can be used as a repository. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Colocation vs. Managed Hosting >> A question and answer guide to determining the best fit >> for your organization - today and in the future. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d >> _______________________________________________ >> DSpace-tech mailing list >> DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
