[solved]rss suddenly stopped working on broadcasthe.net - possible https issue?

somus1735

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Hi,

I've been a member with working rss feeds at broadcasthe.net for about 1 year, but they suddenly stopped working a week ago, with the error "Error loading torrent" in the log.

I use rTorrent/libtorrent 0.8.9/0.12.9 - ruTorrent was version 3.5 but since the problem started I updated and am now on 3.6 (svn $Rev. 2404 $) - this is on a Ubuntu 12.04 server. All other feeds still work fine.

To troubleshoot, I tried to remove and re-add the feed as I had noticed the authkey had changed - unfortunately the rss feeds now generated from the site are now https, whereas previously they were http. ruTorrent won't even let me add rss feeds that are https - I get "Error loading feed" in the log window, and the feed isn't created.

I can create the same feed but change the address to http instead of https - the feed loads but the torrents don't download - I presume because they are https links and not http.

I've tried using the rules manager to change the https > http, but while it works in the debug, the URL info still shows https :/

I created a thread on BTN and one of the devs says he can "sort of" replicate the problem and is looking into it from his side too: https://broadcasthe.net/forums.php?action=viewthread&threadid=15654

I guess I would like to know if the rss downloader plugin should/does work with https feeds/links? And if I'm doing something wrong in the rules manager to change from https > http (as it works in the debug)? Or if anyone can help in any other way? cheesy.gif

Thanks - if I can give any more information please let me know.

xTx
 

somus1735

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hmmm... thanks for the reply... I'm at a loss to figure out what has happened then, as the https change is the only thing that had (obviously) happened :/ any ideas, or pointers on where/what I should be looking for?
 

jith45

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ruTorrent won't even let me add rss feeds that are https - I get "Error loading feed" in the log window, and the feed isn't created.​
Don't know really.
Try to enable diagnostic in the ruTorrent's config.php (if you disable it).
Check web server errors log.
Check presence of curl binary.
 

somus1735

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Don't know really.
Try to enable diagnostic in the ruTorrent's config.php (if you disable it).
Check web server errors log.
Check presence of curl binary.

looks like the curl installation had become corrupt somehow - a purge/install and I can load torrents manually from the RSS feed, and I can add https feeds smiley.gif

thanks for your help Novik65!