Closed Bug 40556 Opened 24 years ago Closed 23 years ago

NPN_PostURL does not post any data to external URL

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P3)

x86
Linux

Tracking

(Not tracked)

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 105417
mozilla1.0

People

(Reporter: vandenhouten, Assigned: serhunt)

References

Details

I'm trying to develop a plug-in under Linux that uses the NPN_PostURL API
function in order to communicate with an external URL (i.e. a Perl CGI script),
but no data arrive at the destination.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Call NPN_PostURL, e.g. in the NPP_New routine of the plug-in:
NPN_PostURL(instance, "http://myserver/cgi-bin/pwd.pl", "_self", myLength,
myData, FALSE);
(as described in the plug-in documentation of Netscape)
2. Install the plug-in.
3. Load the corresponding HTML page.

Actual Results:
The plug-in is called and executed appropriately and cgi-bin/pwd.pl is called
from the plug-in, but no data arrive at cgi-bin/pwd.pl.

Expected Results:
The CGI script pwd.pl should get the data in myData with the POST method (as it
does if the plug-in is used under Windows).
The same bug is found under Solaris (and possibly all other UNIX systems) as
well.
vandenhouten@datan.de - to deal with your problem, we need a little more 
information. What build of Mozilla are you using? The Build ID is in the bottom 
right hand corner of the browser window. 

Also, would it be possible for you to attach a self-contained test case to this 
bug (link above)?

Gerv
Severity: blocker → major
confirming so av can take a look at this and decide whether it's invalid or 
not...
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
NPN_PostURL is part of the old Netscape plugin API. Adding '4xp' keyword.
Keywords: 4xp
Is there any chance that this bug will be fixed in the near future?
Blocks: 55959
Moving to m1.0
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.0

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 105417 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
mass duplicate verifications . For filtering purposes, pls use keywd
"massdupverification"

Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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