HTTP.TestConnection + https

[tbs(apc)]

Recently the URL that I was checking for an Internet connection switched from http to https. So I changed the line of code below from:

local bConnected = HTTP.TestConnection("http://mywebsite.com.au", 20, 80, nil, nil);

to:

local bConnected = HTTP.TestConnection("https://mywebsite.com.au", 20, 443, nil, nil);

But this always reports failed

Is the HTTP.TestConnection supposed to work with URLs that use https? Perhaps I have the incorrect syntax?

[Ulrich]

HTTP.TestConnection() uses the HTTP protocol, which uses normally the port 80, but it also may use a different port. You cannot use this action to test connectivity to a HTTPS web server, because this is a different protocol, not implemented in this action.

If you just want to know if the computer has an active internet connection, I suggest using another well known URL, such as http://www.google.com.

If you absolutely need to know if the HTTPS web server is up and running, I would place a very small txt file somewhere and attempt to download it. If the download fails, you could assume that the server is currently unreachable.

Ulrich

[tbs(apc)]

Thanks Ulrich.

I have gone with your suggestion and testing that well know URL