Maybe there was a problem specifically on 6.2RC1 (BTW better use some final releases…:)). I’d recommend 6.4.5 for the 6.x cycle. Thanks -Vincent On 15 Sep 2015 at 18:53:16, Aaron Hardy at AC (ashtarcommunications@gmail.com(mailto:ashtarcommunications@gmail.com)(mailto:ashtarcommunications@gmail.com)) wrote: > Page syntax is XWiki 2.1 and the velocity is wrapped. Sorry, I didn't include the full code for simplicity's sake. Here's a minimal example cut and pasted from the editor (only thing changed is the actual URL): > > ******************************* > {{velocity}} > > #set($getURL = "https://www.example.com/api/example.mhtml?param=123") > $getURL > > #set($content = $xwiki.getURLContent($getURL)) > $content > > {{/velocity}} > > If I set $getURL to "https://google.com", it prints $content to the page. With my API URL, I get nothing but the link in $getURL. But if I follow that link, I get the expected XML page from the API, so I know the URL is working correctly. > > I figured it was because $content is XML from the API, and HTML from google, but using $services.xml.parse on the response doesn't work either. > > The strange part is that this is code that I haven't touched in quite some time, and used to be working. The full code parses the XML response and saves various elements to an HTML table on the page - but it doesn't appear to be getting that far. > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 12:41 PM, vincent@massol.net(mailto:vincent@massol.net)(mailto:vincent@massol.net) wrote: > > Hi Aaron, > > > > On 15 Sep 2015 at 18:38:17, Aaron Hardy at AC (ashtarcommunications@gmail.com(mailto:ashtarcommunications@gmail.com)(mailto:ashtarcommunications@gmail.com)(mailto:ashtarcommunications@gmail.com)) wrote: > > > > > XWiki 6.2RC1. I have some velocity code using getURLContent() to access an > > > external API that appears to not be working after a server move, despite > > > working in the past. > > > > > > Something like this used to work: > > > > > > ***************************** > > > #set($url = "https://www.example.com/api/example.mhtml?param=123") > > > #set($response = $xwiki.getURLContent($url)) > > > > > > #if ($response) > > > #set($tags = $services.xml.parse($response).getElementsByTagName('TAG')) > > > $tags.length > > > #end > > > ***************************** > > > > > > Now, $response appears to be empty (nothing appears when written to the > > > page). Going directly to the API URL returns properly formatted XML, so I > > > know the API itself is working. And changing $url to http://google.com also > > > returns data. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > What is the syntax of your page? Are you sure it’s XWiki Syntax 2.0+ and you’re wrapping the velocity content with the {{velocity}} macro for example (you didn’t show it in your example). > > > > $response is still there > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > > aaron > > >