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tmcw
proXML cross-domain
Dec 29th, 2006, 11:17pm  
Hi, I'm trying to get a quick app that I developed locally, and I can't figure out whether this is a bug, or whether Java/Processing prevents you from accessing data from other domains.

I'm simply loading XML files from musicbrainz.com via proXML,

Code:
void findNewBand(String name) {
  String url = "http://musicbrainz.org/ws/1/artist/?type=xml&name="+name.replaceAll(" ", "+");
  println("loaded "+url);
  //load ellipses from file if it exists
  XMLInOut xmlInOut = new XMLInOut(this);
  try{
    xmlInOut.loadElement(url); 
  }
  catch(Exception e){
    println("problem: "+e);
  }
}


But when I try to publish this, I have no luck. Should I use a local proxy? It isn't a huge issue but seems to be an annoying workaround. Or perhaps there's some kind of other workaround I could do?

Thanks for any help & wisdom.
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JohnG
Re: proXML cross-domain
Reply #1 - Dec 29th, 2006, 11:38pm  
Unfortunately the java sandbox prevents applets from accessing data from other sites than the one the applet is on.

The workaround is, as you say, to do a local proxy to get the files.
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tmcw
Re: proXML cross-domain
Reply #2 - Dec 30th, 2006, 4:45am  
Sounds reasonable. Thanks for the info.
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