Universal SageTV web server links

[jreichen]

Until now, it hasn't been possible to publish a link to a SageTV web page that would work for any user due to the fact that all users have their own SageTV web server with different addresses.

Now there is a new service available making this possible. All users can follow the same link to a page in a SageTV web application, for example the TV guide, and view the page on their own server. When the user follows the link, they go to SageTV's web site, where they enter their own SageTV web server information and are redirected to the page on their own SageTV web server.



The URL for the basic service is:

http://locator.sagetv.com/mysagewebserver.php/

The actual page where the user will be redirected is appended to the end of the URL. This can be any page on the user's SageTV web server. For example, to redirect a user to the SageTV Web Interface home page:

http://locator.sagetv.com/mysagewebserver.php/sage/Home

Or to redirect a user to the SageTV Mobile Web Interface home page:

 http://locator.sagetv.com/mysagewebserver.php/sagem/m/menu.jsp

Thanks to Brent for the idea, Narflex for allowing the service to be hosted on SageTV's server, and KJake for reviewing the service

See what's on TV tonight!

Jason

[QueOnda]

Great job!

Just a couple of questions. What the difference than using a dyndns type service?

I put my dyndns in the server id and redirected me to my server but I get

Error 404 - Not Found.

No context on this server matched or handled this request.
Contexts known to this server are:

/ ---> org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler@19a3981{/,file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/SageTV/SageTV/jetty/static}
/sagem ---> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@e725df{/sagem,C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\jetty/webapps/SageWebApp.war}
/sagex ---> org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context@1c96b27{/sagex,null}
/apps ---> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@99dec5{/apps,C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\jetty/webapps/apps.war}
/bmt ---> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@1f06f69{/bmt,C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\jetty/webapps/bmt.war}
/sage ---> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@d2638d{/sage,C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\jetty/webapps/nielm_sagewebserver.war}
/stream ---> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@16e5e3f{/stream,C:\Program Files (x86)\SageTV\SageTV\jetty/webapps/MediaStreaming.war}

didn't put the sage/Home at the end of the url. would it be better if it put /apps instead?

edit: Looking at your pic of the webserver login, your path is the the same as my path on my login screen. I just have /

http://locator.sagetv.com/mysagewebserver.php/

seems doesn't redirect to /sage/Home

[Skirge01]

This is quite an interesting addition to SageTV. Nice work, guys! Just an FYI that NoScript's "Application Boundaries Enforcer" blocks the redirect. I'm not familiar enough with modifying those options to get around it within NoScript, but temporarily turning ABE off works.

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by QueOnda

Great job!

Just a couple of questions. What the difference than using a dyndns type service?

I put my dyndns in the server id and redirected me to my server but I get

This is meant to make it possible to make a URL that will work for many users, it's not necessarily useful for someone going to their own server. The user clicks on the URL then inputs their own server information and they're redirected to that page on their server. You can put your dyndns name in the server name field.

Originally Posted by QueOnda

didn't put the sage/Home at the end of the url. would it be better if it put /apps instead?

edit: Looking at your pic of the webserver login, your path is the the same as my path on my login screen. I just have /
seems doesn't redirect to /sage/Home

The redirect is a passthrough to whatever you put after the php file. So if you put http://locator.sagetv.com/mysagewebserver.php/, it's going to redirect you to http://<my server>:<my port>/. If you want /sage/Home, then enter http://locator.sagetv.com/mysagewebserver.php/sage/Home.

[QueOnda]

Ok. I got ya. Missed understood a little bit. Could this go one step further? Give you options of what page to go to (togle choices. 1) apps 2) home page 3) recordings))))

Have SAGETV, make a login page, so you can put a username and password, so you can goto locator.sagetv.com to login. It will already be setup with information (you previously inputed/setup). This would help when your at a remote location (different computer) and don't have to remember all that information. This would also push the server passwords.

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by Skirge01

This is quite an interesting addition to SageTV. Nice work, guys! Just an FYI that NoScript's "Application Boundaries Enforcer" blocks the redirect. I'm not familiar enough with modifying those options to get around it within NoScript, but temporarily turning ABE off works.

Good catch. Open the NoScript options window and add the highlighted text:

[Brent]

Working well for me except I can't use SSL. I get this message when I check the "SSL" box:

SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length.

(Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long)

By the way, I'll be using this on the GeekTonic weekly "What to Watch" blog posts. Hopefully someone will find that useful - I will at least.
Thanks for doing this!

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by jreichen

Good catch. Open the NoScript options window and add the highlighted text:

Mine already had the following in there, by default:

Site LOCAL
Accept from LOCAL
Deny

Adding your changes after that did not help, so I tried putting them above and that made it work fine. Mine now looks like this:

Site ALL
Accept GET from locator.sagetv.com

Site LOCAL
Accept from LOCAL
Deny

I honestly don't understand what these do, but I trust NoScript's defaults.

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by Brent

Working well for me except I can't use SSL. I get this message when I check the "SSL" box:



By the way, I'll be using this on the GeekTonic weekly "What to Watch" blog posts. Hopefully someone will find that useful - I will at least.
Thanks for doing this!

Brent, I've seen this before (only in Firefox), but, for the life of me, I can't recall how I fixed it... sorry. Try verifying the ports you have set up. I know I had an issue where I accidentally had both HTTP and HTTPS going to the same port. Also, you might want to check that your certificate is current, correct, and in the right location. Anyway, I can tell you that my setup forces SSL for all Jetty apps and it's working fine for this redirect.

[KJake]

Originally Posted by Brent

Working well for me except I can't use SSL.

Is it valid SSL? http://mentaljetsam.wordpress.com/20...cord_too_long/

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by QueOnda

Ok. I got ya. Missed understood a little bit. Could this go one step further? Give you options of what page to go to (togle choices. 1) apps 2) home page 3) recordings))))

Have SAGETV, make a login page, so you can put a username and password, so you can goto locator.sagetv.com to login. It will already be setup with information (you previously inputed/setup). This would help when your at a remote location (different computer) and don't have to remember all that information. This would also push the server passwords.

This is meant to be a simple page for the use case Brent describes that requires very little infrastructure such as database or security, and I don't plan on making it any more sophisticated than that. I'd suggest setting up a dyndns.org (or something similar) account if you need a server address that's easy to remember.

[jreichen]

Skirge01, I think you're trying to enter a system rule. On my screenshot I entered it as a user rule.

[jreichen]

Originally Posted by KJake

Is it valid SSL?

Good point.

Maybe it's not clear what the SSL checkbox is for. It won't automagically use SSL to communicate with your server. It is to be selected if the port you enter is already set up for SSL and the redirect should be to an https:// URL rather than http://.

[Skirge01]

Originally Posted by jreichen

Skirge01, I think you're trying to enter a system rule. On my screenshot I entered it as a user rule.

Yep.. you nailed it. I didn't notice you were on "user".

[Skirge01]

Is this still working? I can't get it to pass through anymore. It just sits on that page in both IE8 and FF4.

[Brent]

It was working for me last time I used it. Here are some example links I used on the GeekTonic Weekly What's on TV listings http://www.geektonic.com/2011/02/tv-...s-week_27.html

[Skirge01]

Those aren't working for me either. Can someone else verify that this is working for them?

[BobbyDing]

bump

[KJake]

Tried on my iPad and Chrome on Win7 - no joy.

[BobbyDing]

Nor for me.