Bug#370751: rhythmbox: Audioscrobbler plugin fails handshake with server

[Sven Arvidsson]

Jim Hague wrote:
> Unfortunately the bug still applies :-(
> 
> However, I have done some debugging on this and tracked down the cause of the 
> problem.
> 
> My web access is from behind a transparent proxy. In 
> rb_autoscrobbler_perform(), the libsoup message is created and then set to 
> HTTP/1.0.
> 
>  	SoupMessage *msg;
> 	  	  	
>   	msg = soup_message_new (post_data == NULL ? "GET" : "POST", url);
>   	soup_message_set_http_version (msg, SOUP_HTTP_1_0);
> 
> One effect of setting HTTP/1.0 is that libsoup doesn't send the HTTP Host: 
> header with a request. The Audioscrobbler request sent is:
> 
> 	GET /?hs=true&p=1.1&c=rbx&v=0.9.4.1&u=bearcave HTTP/1.0
> 
> Of course, this fails at the transparent cache. Remove the call to 
> soup_message_set_http_version(), HTTP/1.1 is used, the Host: header sent and 
> everything works fine.
> 
> I'm not sure why the Audioscrobbler plugin requires HTTP 1.0. It works fine 
> for me with HTTP 1.1. That being said, I'm not sure either why libsoup 
> doesn't send the Host: header with HTTP 1.0, as I understand that it is an 
> optional header in 1.0.
> 
> In the short term, the work-around is to explicitly specify the network proxy 
> in Gnome.

Hi,

Wow, good work :-)

I think the best idea would be to file this bug upstream. I'm sure it
will be dealt with swiftly.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

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Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
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