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Anonymous
May 22, 2009
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Problem with Yahoo Maps..."Error Opening URL..."

  • May 22, 2009
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I am trying to use a yahoo Action Script 2.0 map to display real estate listings from an xml file. I often receive the following output error, which prevents the entire yahoo map from opening:

Error opening  URL  ‘http://maps.yahooapis.com/xml/apiconfig.xml?r=988’ (the last 3 digits are random and change each time the problem occurs)

I have searched the internet for a solution and cannot find one.

I have emailed yahoo, who has not responded, as well as other people who have had the problem, but they cannot remember what they did to solve it.

Please help!

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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May 22, 2009

are there times when that works?  i would think it would fail every time because of a cross-domain security issue.  i always use php (in the same domain as the swf) to access cross-domain xml files and let the same-domain php file feed the xml file to the swf.  that circumvents the security issue.

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Anonymous
May 22, 2009

Do you believe this is a security issue?

The frequency when the map works appears to be random - it is working right now, but 10 minutes ago it wasn't.  It also does not matter what computer at what IP address I am at - it may or may not work when I test it out.

When you say that you php to "access cross-domain xml files", I am assuming you are referring to the apparent xml file I reference earlier (within the error).  I have tried accessing the xml file, http://maps.yahooapis.com/xml/apiconfig.xml, and it does not load (at least from my browser).  Could this be part of the problem?  Maybe it is not a real xml file?  Or can I not access it because of the possible security issue?

If the xml file really does exist, should I have someone write a script (as my php knowledge is limited) to simply download the xml file (or copy it) to a local directory?  Or can that even work...again...limited knowledge.

Thanks!

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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May 22, 2009

if it works sometimes, it's not a security issue.  do you see what you expect occassionally?

i can load an xml file via ff but ff complains the ff is not well-formed and displays one line - presumably the one with the error.  but it looks ok to me:

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: http://maps.yahooapis.com/xml/apiconfig.xml Line Number 17, Column 74:

<mapTileUrl>http://us.maps1.yimg.com/us.tile.maps.yimg.com/tile?v=4.1&md=1204827325</mapTileUrl>

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