[Xerte-dev] Re: Invalid backend response. Data is not JSON.

Fri Apr 10 15:34:02 BST 2015

John,

At least for me, the reason for the “Data is not JSON” error is that elfinder isn’t using the same session as Xerte+moodle_auth, and when it can’t find evidence of a login it redirects to index.php, the output of which is the “invalid JSON” that is sent in response to the AJAX call. 

See the issue report on GitHub <https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/222> for details.  

Thanks for following up on this, Ron!

—Brad

> On Apr 10, 2015, at 7:37 AM, Smith, John <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ron,
> 
> IT would seem like the data being sent from the server is not valid JSON but is somehow being corrupted. It would be useful to capture this data and the headers being sent (would have been available in the console) so that we can check it's structure. You don't say at what point you get the error. Does the editor fully load or is it during the load cycle that it happens? I've seen a few strange things happen with the editor where files load in the wrong order (something which should be handled more elegantly) and they continue to load in the wrong order when you refresh but if you close and reopen the editor or click in the address bar and press enter then they resolve...
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> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell [ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk]
> Sent: 10 April 2015 12:32
> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Invalid backend response. Data is not JSON.
> 
> Exploring this further I first tried using the purge all caches function via Moodle admin and same problem existed.
> I then removed the integration_path from site_details and tried again via guest and all worked fine.
> I then re-added the integration_path and tested again via guest and all still worked fine.
> Changed auth_config back to using Moodle authentication and all still working fine.
> Not sure if that helps apart from seemingly being a fix for a previously working install using Moodle authentication that had become broken but works again after removing and re-adding the integration_path. I guess somewhere these steps are killing the conflicting session or cache but not sure what's causing the conflict in the first place and clearly that's what we need to identify.
> Ron
> 
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
> Sent: 10 April 2015 12:06
> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Invalid backend response. Data is not JSON.
> 
> Hi all
> I'm posting here but have also posted to the issue reported by Brad I think at https://github.com/thexerteproject/xerteonlinetoolkits/issues/222
> 
> I've been testing some stuff on a localhost xampp installation on and off over the last few days and again this morning. This is recent develop code but not the very latest. I'm not sure what caused this but now when I try to edit an existing or new LO and browser for media I get the following error:
> 
> Invalid backend response. Data is not JSON.
> 
> This happens regardless of account, browser, project etc and I've completely shut down xampp, cleared session files and re-started but still the same problem. I remember having similar problems in a much earlier test version on the Techdis server where there was more than one install and liaising with Tom but never resolving it then and in this local xampp instance there's only a singe XOT install. It also inside a Moodle directory like the Techdis server was but has been working fine until this problem arose this morning and now even with auth_config set to guest or static effectively the install is broken because it's not possible to browse for media. In this case I can potentially just scrap and replace the install but I seem to recall when I tried that on the Techdis server previously it didn't resolve the problem and I'm worried about this happening on live installations. There are plenty using Moodle authentication.
> 
> Any additional ideas re cause/solution?
> 
> This happens when the pop-up opens:
> http://localhost/moodle/xerte/editor/elfinder/browse.php?type=media&lang=en
> 
> And the FF console shows 2 repeat errors:
> Line 1339 toolbox.js
> console.log('Browse file: ' + id + ': ' + key + ', ' +  name  + ', ' +  value);
> 
> Cheers
> Ron
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