topic Re: Using addProxyRule for HTTP in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Using addProxyRule for HTTP

JamesVillanueva — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:31:29 GMT

I have and HTTPS application. Can I use addProxyRule to specify to use a proxy for HTTP based URLs only? I don't want to use a proxy for everything due to the fact my local services are relative paths and having them go through the proxy causes them to fail.

Re: Using addProxyRule for HTTP

JohnGravois — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:48:39 GMT

there is no way to askAddProxyRule to apply only to 'HTTP' requests. you should always use the same protocol for all requests from an app across the board.

Re: Using addProxyRule for HTTP

JamesVillanueva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:58:16 GMT

That sounds like a great idea in theory, but when you have an application that allows the user add outside data to the map you can't always guarantee the protocol is going to be the same. That's why I am looking for a solution that would allow me to keep same protocol by only using the proxy for data sources that do not match the applications protocol. If you have means to add rules to handle specific sources, why can't it be expanded to handle certain protocols or is there something fundamental I'm missing .

Re: Using addProxyRule for HTTP

JohnGravois — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:31:34 GMT

sounds like you should just be doing your own check on user provided strings and conditionally pass the url to addProxyRule() if it meets your own criteria (ie. 'http://' and not 'https://'.

Re: Using addProxyRule for HTTP

JamesVillanueva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:59:40 GMT

That's a great idea! Thanks.