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morega's avatar
morega
Visitor
9 years ago

HTTPS image url in Poster node

I'm using the sample code provided by Roku SDK. 
In the scene graph xml, I have the following Poster node declared
<Poster id="cover" loadDisplayMode="scaleToZoom"/>




then in the br initialization code I tried to set the ca cert bundle for any https image urls. However, my https images do not show up consistently, but http images show up fine.  Sometimes when I launch the app, no HTTPS images load, and then I relaunch the app, the same images might occur. This seems to happen randomly with the same code ... 
function Init()
   m.cover = m.top.findNode("cover")
   m.cover.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt") 
   m.cover.AddHeader("developer ID", "")   
   m.cover.InitClientCertificates()

   m.isLandScapeMode = true
   
   m.itemInfo       = m.top.findNode("itemInfo")
   m.title          = m.top.findNode("title")
   m.description    = m.top.findNode("description")
   m.itemDetails    = m.top.findNode("itemDetails")
   m.backgroundPoster = m.top.findNode("backgroundPoster")
   
   m.cover.observeField("loadStatus", "OnCoverLoadStatusChanged")
 end function



Any ideas?

Thanks!
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6 Replies

  • EnTerr's avatar
    EnTerr
    Roku Guru
    9 years ago
    The good news is that rOS 7.2 has introduced this:
    "HTTPS support is now available for all Scene Graph nodes (roHttpAgent)."

    The bad news is that i am not quite clear how this works? In particualr since https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/roHttpAgent say that one is already created and set for all roSgNodes already. This is a shot in the dark, but it appears that ifHttpAgent listed to be supported by roSGNode. Now, for the tricky part - both of these combined, it seems to me it should be as easy for you as doing
    m.top.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
    m.top.InitClientCertificates()
    in the main scene init and in result all your other nodes should start automaGically working with https too!

    PS. let me know if that works?
  • morega's avatar
    morega
    Visitor
    9 years ago
    thanks for the reply. I tried it in HomeScene.brs which is my main scene.

     I simply did what you asked in the init function:
    sub init()
        m.top.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
        m.top.InitClientCertificates()


    I'm still not getting thumbnails for the most of time. Like I mentioned before, there are rare times when I relaunch the app and somehow https images started showing, and the next time they don't anymore... All these images I've verified to be working on a desktop browser. 

    I wonder if this inconsistency is related to developer mode? 
  • morega's avatar
    morega
    Visitor
    9 years ago
    actually I just updated the OS to 7.5, now it seems to be working consistently. Thanks for your help!
    • chaklasiyanikun's avatar
      chaklasiyanikun
      Roku Guru
      6 years ago

      Hello, I tried the same thing to load https image in Roku. Currently, I used the latest 9.3.0 software version.

      sub init()
m.poster = m.top.findNode("testPoster")
m.poster.SetCertificatesFile("pkg:/certificates/cacert.crt")
m.poster.InitClientCertificates()
      'm.top.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
      'm.top.InitClientCertificates()
      'm.poster.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt") 
      'm.poster.AddHeader("developer ID", "")   
      'm.poster.InitClientCertificates()
      m.poster.uri="https://simultv.com:1400//nodeapi/Channels/file-1591699694712.jpg" 
      m.poster.failedBitmapUri="pkg:/images/splash_hd.jpg" 
      m.poster.observeField("loadStatus","OnLoadStatusChanged") 
      m.top.SetFocus(true) 
      End sub

      function OnLoadStatusChanged() 
      ?"m.poster.loadStatus : "m.poster.loadStatus 
      end function

      Here, I checked with the other https Url. It's Working Fine. But I don't know why it's a problem with my https URL. My https Url Without adding any certificate, working fine for all other platforms like Android, IOS, Amazone Fire Stick, and also Google Chrome. Does anyone know what is the reason for not loading the https URL?