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chumbysphere forum → Flash/Widget → webcam widget using https
Hi,
I try to make a webcam widget which fetches the images from a https website.
The widget runs on my computer very well, but on the chumby classic the widget didn't show any image.
Is it impossible to load images from a https website?
Any ideas?
Regards
Thorsten
This might be a certificate issue - try updating your device's firmware:
Hi Duane,
thanks for the hint.
I'm on 1.7.2 and will try the update tomorrow.
Regards
Thorsten
I updated to 1.7.3 but the widget on the chumby won't load the images.
Is there anything I can do?
Thorsten
Well, it was worth a try.
I ran into this myself a few weeks back - Cute Overload has moved to https for all of their images. To get around it, I set up a proxy server that would do the https request on my behalf, cache the response, and give me the images over http. It's fine for these types of photo-slidehow-type apps, but not designed for a webcam.
I followed your hint with the proxy server.
The images are downloaded to my private web server using a script every 15 minutes.
The widget uses these copies of the webcam images.
Now the widget runs again, so I've updated it on chumby.com.
The "de Piraat" webcam widget has been made public per your request.
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