Moodle Mobile app not working with Apache redirection

Moodle Mobile app not working with Apache redirection

by Lucas Jaunin -
Number of replies: 4

HI,

For the convenience, we redirect (via Apache) a short moddle URL (www.cepv.ch/moodle) to a long one (https://www.cepv.ch/cepv/informatique/services/moodle/).

Using Moodle Mobile app, the connexion works fine with the long URL (web services OK).

With the short URL it works fine in a browser, but it doesn't with the Moodle Mobile app.

Error message : "Missing parameter (username) required" ("Paramètre requis (username) manquant" in french, my translation).

Any ideas for finding a workaround?

Thanks! Regards, LJ


Moodle 2.6.3+

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Re: Moodle Mobile app not working with Apache redirection

by Juan Leyva -
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Hi, 

I see that the redirection goes to https://moodle.cepv.ch/login/index.php not the URL you pointed out, is this correct?

Cheers, Juan

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Re: Moodle Mobile app not working with Apache redirection

by Lucas Jaunin -

Hi,

You are right, but only for the login step, after which the redirection is the one I have indicated.

My webmaster made a configuration change: in addition to the redirection, he placed moodle in a subdomain (https://moodle.cepv.ch/).

Login in with the Moodle Mobile app works fine (using the subdomain URL).

Thanks! Regards, LJ


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Re: Moodle Mobile app not working with Apache redirection

by Eric Katchan -

I am having a similar issue.  My moodle site is hosted at


https://moodle.concordia.ca/moodle


If I place moodle.concordia.ca. in the mobile app, I get an error that it is not configured.  If I add the


moodle.concordia.ca/moodle it works.


I noticed in the logs that it is navigating to /login/token.php which does not exist from document root.  I created the file from docroot and used header redirect  to https://moodle.concordia.ca/moodle/login/token.php which appeared to redirect however the username was missing.


Should I be setting any cookies etc before redirection?  This only appears to fail with mobile


Eric

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Re: Moodle Mobile app not working with Apache redirection

by Juan Leyva -
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Hi,

unfortunately the mobile app does not support redirections and is something we won't be able to support because is a limitation of the technology we use (XHR requests)

You must advice your users to enter the correct URL

Juan

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