roURLTranser not returning data

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Hi there. I’m having some trouble getting a roURLTransfer to send back data. Specifically, I’m trying to get calendar events from a Google calendar using http GET. When I copy and paste the URL into a web browser, I get data, but when I use the roURLTranser in Brightscript, I get nothing back. I’ve tried both synchronously and asynchronously. This is what I’m doing:

calendarBaseURL = "https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/{0}/events?key={1}&fields=items(id,summary,start,end)&timeMin={2}&timeMax={3}&singleEvents=true&orderBy=startTime"
    
calendarID = "jmtf3oba4r2b8ca0tuse9qbj3s@group.calendar.google.com"
    
// I have tried URL encoding the whole thing.  Interestingly, the resulting URL does not even work in a web browser
// theURL = UrlEncode(substitute(calendarBaseURL, calendarID, calendarAPIKey, startTime.ToISOString(), endTime.ToISOString()))

// This URL has specific bits encoded as is done on the Google API documentation.  It works in a web browser but not here.
theURL = substitute(calendarBaseURL, url_encode(calendarID), url_encode(calendarAPIKey), url_encode(startTime.ToISOString()), url_encode(endTime.ToISOString()))

	print "the URL = ";theURL

// This is the synchronous version (commented out presently):
//	scheduleRequest = CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")
//	scheduleRequest.SetURL(theURL)
//	theRawData = scheduleRequest.GetToString()
//	print "theRawData = ";theRawData

	
	// Now for the asynchronous approach:
	xfer=createobject("roURLTransfer")
	xfer.seturl(theURL)
	xfer.SetRequest("GET")
	
	print "the URL that is being used =";xfer.getURL()

	port=createobject("roMessagePort")
	xfer.setport(port)
	timer=createobject("roTimeSpan")
	timer.mark()
	xfer.asyncgettostring()
	while true    
	   msg=wait(100,port) // 100 millisecond pause
	   if type(msg)="roUrlEvent" then

	       if msg.getresponsecode()=200 then
	           data=msg.getstring()
	           headers=msg.getresponseheadersarray()
	           exit while
	       else
	           xfer.asynccancel()
	       end if
	   else
	       // print "do something useful while we wait for data"   
	   end if
	   if timer.totalmilliseconds() > 2000 then
	       ?"timeout exceeded"
	       print "Failure Reason =";xfer.GetFailureReason()
	       exit while
	   end if
	end while

When I run this, no data ever comes back. (FYI: I replaced all single-quote comments with “//” on here to make the auto syntax coloring not look weird.) Interestingly, the synchronous version does not stall out, but rather the line that reads:

print "theRawData = ";theRawData

returns nothing but an empty string.

In the asynchronous version, a timeout happens but no failure reason is given.

The URL that is being sent looks like this:

https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/jmtf3oba4r2b8ca0tuse9qbj3s%40group.calendar.google.com/events?key=[ MY API KEY REMOVED ]&fields=items(id,summary,start,end)&timeMin=2016-11-03T07%3A38%3A03Z&timeMax=2016-11-03T19%3A38%3A03Z&singleEvents=true&orderBy=startTime

Now I’ve removed my API key in order to post this on a public forum, but if I were to copy and paste the returned URL with my API key into a web browser, I get lots of glorious data without a problem.

I haven’t set any headers. Could this be an issue? Or security issues with Google in some way? Any hints on what to look for?

Thanks,

Ron

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To use https, you have to do some extra manual steps:

xfer.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
xfer.InitClientCertificates()

Why? … because Roku. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Wow, thanks for that - it works great!

Now that I’ve seen the answer, I know that I never would have figured that one out on my own and I’ve spent a lot of hours struggling with this to no avail.

Thank you so much; I really appreciate the help.

Ron