winhttp post call fails from time to time

[Juvigy]

Hi Guys,

I am using winhttp to make calls to the ebay api. I dont know why, but sometimes the calls fail with : "The requested action with this object has failed.:" on the $oHTTP.Send line. Any idea why?

This is the code i use:

$oHTTP = ObjCreate("winhttp.winhttprequest.5.1")
    $oHTTP.Open("POST","https://api.ebay.com/ws/api.dll")
    $oHTTP.SetRequestHeader("X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL", "391")
;~  $oHTTP.SetRequestHeader("X-EBAY-API-DEV-NAME", "not used")
;~  $oHTTP.SetRequestHeader("X-EBAY-API-APP-NAME", "not used")
;~  $oHTTP.SetRequestHeader("X-EBAY-API-CERT-NAME", "not used")
    $oHTTP.SetRequestHeader("X-EBAY-API-CALL-NAME", "GetCategories")
    $oHTTP.SetRequestHeader("X-EBAY-API-SITEID", "3")
    $oHTTP.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml")
    $oHTTP.Send("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><GetCategoriesRequest xmlns=""urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents""><RequesterCredentials><eBayAuthToken>" & $auth_token & "</eBayAuthToken></RequesterCredentials><CategorySiteID>" & $CategorySiteID & "</CategorySiteID><DetailLevel>ReturnAll</DetailLevel><LevelLimit>" & $max_level & "</LevelLimit></GetCategoriesRequest>")
    $HTMLSource = $oHTTP.Responsetext
    Return $HTMLSourc

 

[Danyfirex]

Hello. try with Settimeouts.

 

Saludos

[jdelaney]

I've seen the same.  to get around this, I do asynchronus requests.  i have not yet seen an error from doing that which a com error handler can't catch, allowing the script to proceed.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384064(v=vs.85).aspx

Edited May 8, 2018 by jdelaney

[Juvigy]

Thank you guys. Seems that the asynchronous thing works.  

[Juvigy]

Seems i spoke too soon. It continues to fail. Now it fails with the same error but on the $oHTTP.WaitForResponse !

Here is the error handler output:

err.description is:     An error occurred in the secure channel support

err.windescription: Exception occurred.

err.number is:  80020009
err.lastdllerror is:    0
err.scriptline is:  92
err.source is:  WinHttp.WinHttpRequest
err.helpfile is:    
err.helpcontext is:     0
We intercepted a COM Error !

err.description is:     The data necessary to complete this operation is not yet available.

err.windescription: Exception occurred.

err.number is:  80020009
err.lastdllerror is:    0
err.scriptline is:  93
err.source is:  WinHttp.WinHttpRequest
err.helpfile is:    
err.helpcontext is:     0

Output has 2 errors , first is on     $oHTTP.WaitForResponse(100), second one is on $HTMLSource = $oHTTP.Responsetext

Edited May 10, 2018 by Juvigy
added error msg

[jdelaney]

But your script was able to proceed, right?  I only really interact with test servers, so expect failures.  as long as I don't have to constantly restart my script, I'm happy.  example.   made a simple gui app that allows me to configure and send soap requests.   if no response, I can easily click the send button again.

Edited May 10, 2018 by jdelaney

[Juvigy]

Yes, it doesnt crash because of the error handler. So i should put it in a loop and do it until i receive a response?

[jdelaney]

That can work.   you might need to recreate the winhttp object each time.   i suggest putting in max retry, and exit if the response is populated.