> My 1st thought was the file module, but it doesn't seem to have access to that directory.

Sounds surprising. Which error message do you get?


>>  Hi France,
>>
>> Thanks for the test case. I called your RESTXQ function with Windows,
>> and it seems to work. What I did:
>>
>> * I started basexhttp.bat
>> * I modified your script to be runnable (8972 → 8984, namespace added
>> for "a-test", etc.)
>> * I added a test.png to the "static" webapp directory
>> * I called http://localhost/a-test (in the browser and via curl), it
>> returns <div>200</div>
>>
>> Maybe you did something differently?
>>
>> Does the problem persist if you…
>>
>> * send the HTTP request without xquery:fork-join?
>> * use fetch:binary?
>>
>> The easier your example code and setup is, the easier it might get to
>> reproduce the problem.
>>
>> And a general observation: It’s recommendable not to the same HTTP
>> instance from a RESTXQ function (but this may simply have been the
>> result of our persistance to deliver us with reproducible test
>> cases?).
>>
>> Cheers
>> Christian
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:54 AM France Baril
>> <france.baril@architextus.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > We have two servers with similar jetty configuration, we find that an http:request call on static works on Linux but not on Windows.
>> >
>> > HOW TO REPLICATE
>> >
>> > Add an image test.png in webapp/static
>> > Try the attached .xqm (change img-url for your server path)
>> > Copy of the .xqm function for reference:
>> >
>> >> declare  %rest:path('/a-test')
>> >>    %rest:GET
>> >>    %output:method("html")
>> >>    %output:html-version("5.0")
>> >> function a-test:http-req(){
>> >>    let $img-url := 'http://localhost:8972/static/test.png'
>> >>    let $http-function := function() {http:send-request(<http:request method='get' status-only='true'/>, $img-url)}
>> >>    let $http-s := xquery:fork-join($http-function)
>> >>    let $http-status := $http-s//data(@status)
>> >>    return <div>{$http-status}</div>
>> >> };
>> >
>> >
>> > Test: http://localhost:8972/a-test
>> >
>> > Result on Linux: 200
>> > Result on Windows: [experr:HC0001] unknown protocol: localhost
>> >
>> > This seemed to be security issue, but tests in multiple browsers return the same results and enabling CORS doesn't help... technically we're calling from the same domain/port... but hey we tried!
>> >
>> > If we type the value of $img-url directly in the browser, we see the image on both platforms, so the issue is not with accessing the image itself, but with accessing it with the http:send-request function.
>
>
>
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> France Baril
> Architecte documentaire / Documentation architect
> france.baril@architextus.com