Maybe related to the HTTP header field x-content-type-options: nosniff

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/internet-explorer...

What is the tool/library you are using on Windows? Is it an R HTTP client that is interfacing some Windows DLL? Maybe they put this rejection in the DLL.

Maybe you can find another proxying server for raw Github files?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40728554/resource-blocked-due-to-mime-ty...

Gerrit

On 11.11.2021 16:37, Ben Engbers wrote:

They are both rejected. I also tried with "https://www.cnn.com" and "https://nos.nl". The first is accepted, the second is rejected.

In firefox all URL's are accepted.

Ben

Op 11-11-2021 om 16:24 schreef Imsieke, Gerrit, le-tex:

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Hi Ben,

What about other resources there, like:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BaseXdb/basex/master/basex-api/src/test/re...

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BaseXdb/basex/master/basex-api/src/test/re...

Do they pass on Windows?

Gerrit

On 11.11.2021 16:14, Ben Engbers wrote:

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Hi,

Allthough I have never had any feedback on my R-client to BaseX, I have steadily been working on a new version (even while being retired, I still like to program :-). At present all tests are passed, except one test on adding content to a database.

On my Linux-machine 'url exists("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BaseXdb/basex/master/basex-api/src/test/re...")' returns TRUE and 'first.xml' is added to a database.

When executed on a Windows machine, the same test returns FALSE. I have tested other URL's - starting with https or http - and they are all accepted.

Any clue why "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BaseXdb/basex/master/basex-api/src/test/re..." is blocked?

Ben