Internal Web Request not working

#15

Just rechecked, I think the $response of [:] indicated no response. I use this to check my NAS is running, if I get this response when trying to access its admin page, it indicated the NAS is down.

Are you just using the ip address or http://? I only use the ip. You should see the servers response in $response even if its an error message.

I’m not sure if the invalid ternary operator errors are causing any issues. It might be worth writing a simple piston to check just the web call and posting it, along with the log.

#16

I tested with adding http:// and without. I tested with a simple piston as well, the same issue and same response.
Thanks for your responses, I’ll certainly post here if I am able to solve it.

#17

I’m a bit stumped on this!

I assume your node.js server and hub are on the same network/subnet? Could there be any firewall rules on the server blocking the webcore request?

I’ve had problems sending data back from node.js if the writeHead method was missing/incorrect. In this case it worked through the browser, but webcore just waited 20 secs then timed out. However, this doesn’t appear to be happening for you, but wonder if it could be a similar issue.

Can you access anything else on your network? Anything will do, as I mentioned I just access my NAS’s admin page to check its on. It returns an authorisation error message in $response.

#18

All my devices are in the same network. I even disabled the firewall on the router to test. I don’t see any issues with any devices in my network. For example, I can get the correct response from the noje.js server from my phone browsers.
I am running the server on a Macbook Pro and have not set any custom firewall rules.

#19

Now I setup a node.js server on a Raspberry Pi in the same network and I faced the same problem. So I think there is some issue with either my network router or WebcoRE.

#20

ST or Hubitat?

#21

I tried with SmartThings.

#22

If you’re using POST, you must be sending data? What does that look like? You might have to escape some special webcore characters, that’s usually where the invalid ternary operator error shows up.

#23

Try npx http-echo-server on your MBP and point a piston at your laptop’s IP with the port that the echo server uses. That should just respond to any request with all of the request headers so that you can see the response both in the terminal and the piston. In your case it sounds like it may show nothing.

I’m on the 192.168 local subnet as well and my hub doesn’t have any trouble connecting to other devices on the network, so I don’t think it’s a clear-cut webCoRE problem as long as your smart app is up-to-date.

#24

I tried npx http-echo-server with a GET request, but the same problem. Worked fine with Postman as it logged:

Blockquote

[server] event: connection (socket#1)

[socket#1] event: resume

[socket#1] event: data

–> GET / HTTP/1.1

–> User-Agent: PostmanRuntime/7.26.3

–> Accept: /

–> Cache-Control: no-cache

–> Postman-Token: 3efbbebe-1ac0-41d2-98b8-3eebd6a69d3f

–> Host: 192.168.178.27:3000

–> Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br

–> Connection: keep-alive

–>

–>

[socket#1] event: prefinish

[socket#1] event: finish

[socket#1] event: readable

[socket#1] event: end

[socket#1] event: close

But no logging when run from WebCore.

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Here are the full logs:

+1ms ╔Received event [Home].time = 1599234211962 with a delay of -1933ms
+39ms ║RunTime Analysis CS > 18ms > PS > 4ms > PE > 16ms > CE
+41ms ║Runtime (38390 bytes) successfully initialized in 4ms (v0.3.110.20191009) (39ms)
+42ms ║╔Execution stage started
+43ms ║╚Execution stage complete. (1ms)
+44ms ╚Event processed successfully (44ms)
04/09/2020, 17:43:28 +919ms
+1ms ╔Received event [Motion Sensor].motion = inactive with a delay of 29ms
+27ms ║RunTime Analysis CS > 11ms > PS > 3ms > PE > 12ms > CE
+29ms ║Runtime (38386 bytes) successfully initialized in 3ms (v0.3.110.20191009) (27ms)
+30ms ║╔Execution stage started
+36ms ║║Comparison (enum) inactive changes_to (string) active = false (0ms)
+37ms ║║Cancelling condition #2’s schedules…
+38ms ║║Condition #2 evaluated false (4ms)
+38ms ║║Cancelling condition #1’s schedules…
+39ms ║║Condition group #1 evaluated false (state changed) (6ms)
+41ms ║╚Execution stage complete. (12ms)
+42ms ╚Event processed successfully (42ms)
04/09/2020, 17:43:11 +876ms
+1ms ╔Received event [Motion Sensor].motion = active with a delay of 50ms
+46ms ║RunTime Analysis CS > 22ms > PS > 5ms > PE > 19ms > CE
+48ms ║Runtime (38391 bytes) successfully initialized in 5ms (v0.3.110.20191009) (46ms)
+49ms ║╔Execution stage started
+55ms ║║Comparison (enum) active changes_to (string) active = true (1ms)
+56ms ║║Cancelling condition #2’s schedules…
+57ms ║║Condition #2 evaluated true (5ms)
+58ms ║║Cancelling condition #1’s schedules…
+59ms ║║Condition group #1 evaluated true (state changed) (7ms)
+62ms ║║Cancelling statement #4’s schedules…
+72ms ║║Sending internal web request to: 192.168.178.27:3000
+84ms ║║Executed virtual command httpRequest (17ms)
+85ms ║║Requesting a wake up for Fri, Sep 4 2020 @ 5:43:31 PM CEST (in 20.0s)
+89ms ║╚Execution stage complete. (40ms)
+90ms ║Setting up scheduled job for Fri, Sep 4 2020 @ 5:43:31 PM CEST (in 19.996s)
+98ms ╚Event processed successfully (98ms)
Web Requests are not working, can't access API's etc?
#25

Do you see a counter going up if you trace the execution?

Your log (17:43:11) looks as though its setting an event to wake up in 20 secs, so maybe the request is timing out? Before that happens, the motion stops, cancelling the piston and running the no motion code.

Can you try a piston with just the web calland a log of the $response variable, and hit the test button.

#26

Here is the log:

+1ms ╔Received event [Home].time = 1599237252727 with a delay of -1682ms
+38ms ║RunTime Analysis CS > 22ms > PS > 5ms > PE > 11ms > CE
+41ms ║Runtime (36384 bytes) successfully initialized in 5ms (v0.3.110.20191009) (38ms)
+41ms ║╔Execution stage started
+50ms ║║[:]
+51ms ║║Executed virtual command log (1ms)
+53ms ║╚Execution stage complete. (12ms)
+54ms ╚Event processed successfully (54ms)
04/09/2020, 18:33:52 +664ms
+1ms ╔Received event [Home].test = 1599237232664 with a delay of 0ms
+43ms ║RunTime Analysis CS > 24ms > PS > 6ms > PE > 13ms > CE
+46ms ║Runtime (36372 bytes) successfully initialized in 6ms (v0.3.110.20191009) (44ms)
+47ms ║╔Execution stage started
+51ms ║║Cancelling statement #1’s schedules…
+58ms ║║Sending internal web request to: 192.168.178.27:3000
+61ms ║║Executed virtual command httpRequest (3ms)
+62ms ║║Requesting a wake up for Fri, Sep 4 2020 @ 6:34:12 PM CEST (in 20.0s)
+84ms ║╚Execution stage complete. (38ms)
+91ms ║Setting up scheduled job for Fri, Sep 4 2020 @ 6:34:12 PM CEST (in 19.973s)
+98ms ╚Event processed successfully (98ms)
#27

Is it possible that your hub is on a guest network or otherwise prohibited by your router from connecting to other devices on the network? This seems to be outside of webCoRE, but maybe someone knows of another smart app that could test sending local web requests from the hub to rule out webCoRE?

#28

It looks as though a request is send, then 1682ms later, webcore responds in some way.

Can you put a log in your node.js to see if its being called?

I’m no jode.js expert, but I had trouble getting webcore to see a response from my node.js app, although it worked fine putting the same URL in a browser. I ended up using the following to reply

res.writeHead(200, {‘Content-Type’: ‘text/html’});
res.write(reply);
res.end();

#29

I already have logging enabled in the node.js server that works for all the other requests but not with webcore :frowning:

#30

I’ll try to find some other smart app for the web requests and update here.

#31

I used SharpTools + Tasker App to get the internal web request working with ST. But this is not the ideal solution as my phone needs to be connected to my home network. So the issue is pin-pointed to my webCoRE. I removed and reinstalled webCoRE, still no luck.

#32

I admit, I have not read all of the posts two years old, but I agree with @eibyer here:

Also worth noting is the potential mis-spelling on line 13

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I am curious… Instead of dumping data into variables, have you tried testing the GET using one long URL? (exactly like the single line you use in a web browser, that works)

#33

Yes, I have tried that. The web request does not reach the server, hence no response.

#34

So, here is the final update. Removing the ST hub, Location and re-setting everything up solved the issue. I still could not figure out what went wrong before, something with the ST hub, I think.
Thank you all for your response. Cheers!