commit bc95aca58e2f615f2fb2d014d422e6e1d78087f1 Author: David Fifield david@bamsoftware.com Date: Tue Mar 13 10:45:33 2012 -0700
Better connection failure diagnostics. --- flashproxy.js | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/flashproxy.js b/flashproxy.js index 05674c4..e7d60c8 100644 --- a/flashproxy.js +++ b/flashproxy.js @@ -128,7 +128,17 @@ function FlashProxy() fac_url = "http://" + encodeURIComponent(fac_addr.host) + ":" + encodeURIComponent(fac_addr.port) + "/"; xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); - xhr.open("GET", fac_url); + try { + xhr.open("GET", fac_url); + } catch (err) { + /* An exception happens here when, for example, NoScript allows the + domain on which the proxy badge runs, but not the domain to which + it's trying to make the HTTP request. The exception message is + like "Component returned failure code: 0x805e0006 + [nsIXMLHttpRequest.open]" on Firefox. */ + this.puts("Facilitator: exception while connecting: " + repr(err.message) + "."); + return; + } xhr.responseType = "text"; xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { /* Status 0 is UNSENT. 4 is DONE. */ @@ -137,10 +147,8 @@ function FlashProxy() } else if (xhr.readyState == 4) { if (xhr.status == 200) this.fac_complete(xhr.responseText); - else if (xhr.readyState == 4) - this.puts("Facilitator: got status " + xhr.status + "."); else - this.puts("Facilitator: unknown error."); + this.puts("Facilitator: can't connect: got response code " + xhr.status + "."); } }.bind(this); this.puts("Facilitator: connecting to " + fac_url + ".");