configure cs16.2 to give descriptive errors on ajax calls

yaronlu

Hi,

I am using content server 16.2 and doing some rest api calls using jquery.

i use this code in the error callback function :   alert(error.responseJSON.error);

You can see below the entire ajax code.

When I run the ajax call against content server machine (version 16.0) its returning descriptive error like ("The file alredy exist") - which is great.

but when i run this on a 16.2 machine, the error.responseJSON object is undefined, and the error.responseText just specify it is a "bad request".

How can I configure the 16.2 machine to give me descriptive errors in the callback function like the cs16.0 machine?

Thanks,

Yaron

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$.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: baseresturl+"nodes",
                    data: formData,
                    contentType: false,
                    processData: false,
                    crossDomain: true,
                    dataType: "json",
                    beforeSend: function (request) {
                        request.setRequestHeader("OTCSTicket", otcs_ticket),
                        request.overrideMimeType("multipart/form-data"),
                        request.getAllResponseHeaders()
                    },
                    success: function (response) {
                        $("#dvStatus").html("<span style='direction: ltr;'>" + response.id + "</span>");
                    },
                    error: function (error) {
                     alert(error.responseJSON.error);
                    }
                });
 

Ferdinand Prantl

May it be, that your web server is IIS and your CS is older, than 16.2.1? The CS 16.2.1 and newer configure the IIS error handling automatically, which you had to do manually earlier.

A new IIS application is created with the default error handling settings. Unfortunately, these settings will suppress error messages from CS REST API. The following settings will enable them:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><configuration>  <system.webServer>    <httpErrors existingResponse="PassThrough" />  </system.webServer></configuration>

 

Merge the XML above to the "%INSTALLDIR%\cgi\web.config". Merge; do not replace the file.

See https://www.iis.net/configreference/system.webserver/httperrors for more information.